(98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address :8080

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Hello. My Apache2 failing to start. Nginx seems to be running on all the ports, thinking of re-configuring Nginx, i felt i should seek help first before making any changes. For more context, i did this: sudo ss -4 -tlnp | grep 80 and this was the output:

LISTEN 0      511    Server IP:80        0.0.0.0:*    users:(("nginx",pid=240468,fd=52),("nginx",pid=240467,fd=52),("nginx",pid=240466,fd=52),("nginx",pid=240465,fd=52),("nginx",pid=240464,fd=52))
LISTEN 0      511           0.0.0.0:8083      0.0.0.0:*    users:(("hestia-nginx",pid=7245,fd=6),("hestia-nginx",pid=7244,fd=6))
LISTEN 0      80          127.0.0.1:3306      0.0.0.0:*    users:(("mariadbd",pid=964,fd=232))
LISTEN 0      511         127.0.0.1:8084      0.0.0.0:*    users:(("nginx",pid=240468,fd=54),("nginx",pid=240467,fd=54),("nginx",pid=240466,fd=54),("nginx",pid=240465,fd=54),("nginx",pid=240464,fd=54))

I follwed up with: ss -napl | grep -i 443
Output:

nl    UNCONN 4352   0                                                           4:443967                  *
nl    UNCONN 0      0                                                           9:443766                  *
tcp   LISTEN 0      511                                            Server IP:443              0.0.0.0:*    users:(("nginx",pid=240468,fd=53),("nginx",pid=240467,fd=53),("nginx",pid=240466,fd=53),("nginx",pid=240465,fd=53),("nginx",pid=240464,fd=53))

I will appreciate the right help to get this done.

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Try

systemctl restart apache2 && systemctl restart nginx

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I tried it, same outcome: 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.

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Share the logs once.

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Here:
:~# systemctl restart apache2 && systemctl restart nginx
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.

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systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server…
░░ Subject: A start job for unit apache2.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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░░ A start job for unit apache2.service has begun execution.
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░░ The job identifier is 18888.
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** apachectl[546345]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_s>
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** apachectl[546345]: no listening sockets available, shutting do>
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** apachectl[546345]: AH00015: Unable to open logs
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exit>
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit apache2.service has exited.
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░░ The process’ exit code is ‘exited’ and its exit status is 1.
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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░░ The unit apache2.service has entered the ‘failed’ state with result ‘exit-code’.
Jul 22 10:27:13 ******************** systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit apache2.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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░░ A start job for unit apache2.service has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 18888 and the job result is failed.