Apache httpd attempts to start before the network has started

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Issue

  • After reboot, Httpd attempts to start before networking on the host has started (resulting in failure).
  • After reboot, Httpd fails to start.
  • How can I make the Httpd service dependent on the network services?
  • Apache httpd attempts to start before the network has started and fails with error like as follows.
 httpd[1958]: no listening sockets available, shutting down
 httpd[1958]: (99)Cannot assign requested address: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address xx.yy.zz.aa:80
 systemd[1]: httpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
 systemd[1]: httpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x
    • Apache httpd 2.4.x

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