{"id":5179,"date":"2016-08-29T11:47:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2021-02-03T08:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:11:48","slug":"fix-apache-not-reliably-determine-fqdn-error-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/fix-apache-not-reliably-determine-fqdn-error-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix Apache could not reliably determine FQDN Error on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might probably faced the same following error while you were restarting the Apache server on Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert-box alert-warning\">* Restarting web server apache2 apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for server<br \/>\napache2: Could not reliably determine the server&#8217;s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName<br \/>\n&#8230; waiting apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for serverapache2: Could not reliably determine the server&#8217;s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName<\/div>\n<p>So in this short guide I will show you how to fix an error happens on <span id=\"IL_AD2\" class=\"IL_AD\">Apache<\/span>-based server with above message output.<\/p>\n<h2>HOW TO FIX FQDN ISSUE ON APACHE2<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Login to your server via SSH. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/using-putty-connect-server-ssh-windows\/\">use either Putty on Windows <\/a>or Terminal if you are on Linux. better login as root or as a user with root privilege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Now issue following command:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>nano \/etc\/apache2\/httpd.conf<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 By default httpd.conf file will be blank. Now, simply add the following line to the file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>ServerName localhost<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once done save the file and exit the editor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Next, restart Apache2 service. There are two most common commands used to\u00a0do this. You can use either..<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre>\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 restart\r\nor\r\nservice apache2 restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s it. 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