httpd AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address at graceful restart

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

apachectl graceful reports:

Job for httpd.service failed.
See "systemctl status httpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

journalctl --no-pager -u httpd.service includes

systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
httpd[3052]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
httpd[3052]: no listening sockets available, shutting down
httpd[3052]: AH00015: Unable to open logs
httpd[3052]: httpd not running, trying to start
systemd[1]: httpd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL9)

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content