Starting and checking status of web services................Failed!

[robertkwild]

hi all,

trying to install fog 1.6 on ubuntu 24.04 but i get this error on the install script

the exact version im trying to install is

https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/refs/tags/1.6.0-RC-10.tar.gz

Starting and checking status of web services................Failed!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! The installer was not able to run all the way to the end as   !!
!! something has caused it to fail. The following few lines are  !!
!! from the error log file which might help us figure out what's !!
!! wrong. Please add this information when reporting an error.   !!
!! As well you might want to take a look at the full error log   !!
!! in /tmp/fogproject-1.6.0-RC-10/bin/error_logs/fog_error_1.6.0-RC-10.log !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

             ├─87893 "php-fpm: pool www"
             └─87894 "php-fpm: pool www"

Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Starting php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager...
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Started php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager.

and when i look at the log

AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Syntax OK
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xeu apache2.service" for details.
× apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2026-10-14 12:57:09 UTC; 59ms ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
    Process: 87882 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 51ms

Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Starting apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 apachectl[87885]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 apachectl[87885]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 apachectl[87885]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 apachectl[87885]: no listening sockets available, shutting down
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 apachectl[87885]: AH00015: Unable to open logs
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Failed to start apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server.

● php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/php8.3-fpm.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2026-10-14 12:57:09 UTC; 22ms ago
       Docs: man:php-fpm8.3(8)
    Process: 87895 ExecStartPost=/usr/lib/php/php-fpm-socket-helper install /run/php/php-fpm.sock /etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf 83 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 87883 (php-fpm8.3)
     Status: "Ready to handle connections"
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 37986)
     Memory: 11.8M (peak: 12.3M)
        CPU: 89ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/php8.3-fpm.service
             ├─87883 "php-fpm: master process (/etc/php/8.3/fpm/php-fpm.conf)"
             ├─87890 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─87891 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─87892 "php-fpm: pool www"
             ├─87893 "php-fpm: pool www"
             └─87894 "php-fpm: pool www"

Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Starting php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager...
Oct 14 12:57:09 lon-c-clonezilla01 systemd[1]: Started php8.3-fpm.service - The PHP 8.3 FastCGI Process Manager.

let me know

thanks,
rob

[Tom Elliott]

@robertkwild Something else is already listening on port 80, so Apache cannot start:

(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

FOG needs port 80 (and 443) for itself. Find what holds it:

sudo ss -ltnp 'sport = :80'

The hostname suggests this box was a Clonezilla/DRBL server, so it is likely a web server left from that, or nginx/lighttpd from an earlier attempt. Stop and disable that service (for example sudo systemctl disable --now nginx), then re-run the installer.

[robertkwild]

@Tom-Elliott
thanks it was lighttpd so i purged it