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Sorry about that. Here's how disaster chains work in IT:
~Two months ago: I upgraded the server
Today:
18:30: My wife complains that email isn't working
18:31: I confirm that she's right
18:31: Seems the certificates on my server didn't update automatically
18:35: But they did, and they didn't "take". Weird
18:37: I manually force certificate reload
18:40: I reboot to make sure it works after applying changes
18:44: The server comes back and email is fixed. Yay!
18:45: But no websites run
18:48: Apache (Website server software) Will NOT load
18:52: I bang my head furiously against the keyboard
19:00: I discover that Apache won't load because there's already another webserver running (NGINX). Why? WHY!
19:05: More head-keyboard interfacing
19:10: I kill NGINX
19:12: I start Apache
All is well. Probably.
So what caused this? I *assume* that during the server upgrade some automation somewhere decided that I should be running NGINX and enabled that even though I'm already running Apache.
I hate computers.
~Two months ago: I upgraded the server
Today:
18:30: My wife complains that email isn't working
18:31: I confirm that she's right
18:31: Seems the certificates on my server didn't update automatically
18:35: But they did, and they didn't "take". Weird
18:37: I manually force certificate reload
18:40: I reboot to make sure it works after applying changes
18:44: The server comes back and email is fixed. Yay!
18:45: But no websites run
18:48: Apache (Website server software) Will NOT load
18:52: I bang my head furiously against the keyboard
19:00: I discover that Apache won't load because there's already another webserver running (NGINX). Why? WHY!
19:05: More head-keyboard interfacing
19:10: I kill NGINX
19:12: I start Apache
All is well. Probably.
So what caused this? I *assume* that during the server upgrade some automation somewhere decided that I should be running NGINX and enabled that even though I'm already running Apache.
I hate computers.