I asked a question earlier on how to get an ssl certificate on a service I'm running. Question asked here.
Now I have my domain linked to my server and I can connect to my apache with ssl enabled. So I wanted to enable the reverse proxy that was posted as a solution.
I followed this guide to set up my apache server as a proxy. When I try to start the apache service, I get the following error;
● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
└─apache2-systemd.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Die 2017-04-25 20:57:59 CEST; 2s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 25802 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/apache2 stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 25377 ExecReload=/etc/init.d/apache2 reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 25786 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:8002
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:8002
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: no listening sockets available, shutting down
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: AH00015: Unable to open logs
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: Action 'start' failed.
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25786]: *
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25802]: * Stopping Apache httpd web server apache2
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla apache2[25802]: *
Apr 25 20:57:59 Valhalla systemd[1]: Started LSB: Apache2 web server.
This is my apache config file;
<VirtualHost *:80>
Servername novinav.com
Redirect temp / https://novinav.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin kkalera@gmail.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/novinav_com.crt
SSLCertificatekeyFile /etc/ssl/certs/novinav.com.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/novinav_com.ca-bundle
ProxyPreserveHost On
#servers to proxy the connection, or list of application servers usage
ProxyPass / http://192.168.0.102:8002/
ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.0.102:8002/
ServerName Valhalla
</VirtualHost>
I think it has something to do with the fact that the service I'm running is already listening to the same port. Is it possible to have apache listen on a different port (for instance 8003) and then proxy to 8002?
