📅 2024-09-14 — Session: Resolved SSH and Apache Port Conflict
🕒 18:35–18:45
🏷️ Labels: SSH, Apache, Configuration, Troubleshooting, Web Services
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The goal of this session was to resolve a misconfiguration issue where SSH was incorrectly set to listen on port 80, causing web service failures.
Key Activities
- Troubleshot and resolved the port conflict between SSH and Apache.
- Verified Apache configurations and ensured proper file permissions after using rsync.
- Provided a technical memo outlining steps for resolving the website loading issue due to SSH misconfiguration.
- Shared essential SSH connection details for server access.
- Restarted and verified the SSH service to ensure it was listening on the correct port (65432).
- Outlined steps for connecting to remote machines via SSH through various cloud providers.
- Provided troubleshooting guidance for SSH access issues on virtual machines.
Achievements
- Successfully resolved the port conflict, ensuring that Apache and SSH services were running correctly.
- Documented the resolution process for future reference.
Pending Tasks
- Continuous monitoring of the server to ensure no further configuration issues arise.