Lighttpd daemon is failed

[Sarcas]

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Expected Behaviour:

[lighttpd should be running on the provided port 8093]

Actual Behaviour:

[lighttpd exits]

Debug Token:

[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/18jv2nw389!]

I noticed I could no longer connect to the admin page. The last time I connected was when I updated. I added the port I have always used (8093) in the etc\lighttpd\external.conf. When that did not work I changed it in etc\lighttpd\lighttpd.conf. That doesn't do the trick as well. Pi hole is working, but I cannot access it. Apache is running port 80 btw, but I assumed changing the admin port of pi-hole to 8093 would fix that problem. I am at the end of my very limited knowledge...
thx for any help.

[jfb]

@Sarcas

Pi hole is working, but I cannot access it.

What URL are you using to access the web interface?

You do have lighttpd configured on port 8093, per your debug log, in file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. But, the debug log is also showing it running on port 80.

What are the contents of /etc/lighttpd/external.conf

And output of sudo netstat -nltup

[Sarcas]

I'm using http://192.168.8.156:8093/admin/ a bookmark i'm using some years. I have some other things running there (Domoticz) and I have no problem accessing that (port 8080).

/etc/lighttpd/external.conf contains only one line:

server.port = 8093

sudo netstat -nltup returns:

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      757/pihole-FTL      
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      685/sshd            
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      410/cupsd           
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:1883            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      792/mosquitto       
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:548             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      531/afpd            
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:4711          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      757/pihole-FTL      
tcp6       0      0 :::8080                 :::*                    LISTEN      852/domoticz        
tcp6       0      0 :::53                   :::*                    LISTEN      757/pihole-FTL      
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      685/sshd            
tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*                    LISTEN      410/cupsd           
tcp6       0      0 :::443                  :::*                    LISTEN      852/domoticz        
tcp6       0      0 :::1883                 :::*                    LISTEN      792/mosquitto       
tcp6       0      0 ::1:4700                :::*                    LISTEN      508/cnid_metad      
tcp6       0      0 :::6144                 :::*                    LISTEN      852/domoticz        
tcp6       0      0 ::1:4711                :::*                    LISTEN      757/pihole-FTL      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:1900            0.0.0.0:*                           800/minissdpd       
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*                           757/pihole-FTL      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           757/pihole-FTL      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:68              0.0.0.0:*                           677/dhcpcd          
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631             0.0.0.0:*                           412/cups-browsed    
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:33445           0.0.0.0:*                           343/avahi-daemon: r 
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           343/avahi-daemon: r 
udp6       0      0 :::53                   :::*                                757/pihole-FTL      
udp6       0      0 :::44101                :::*                                343/avahi-daemon: r 
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                343/avahi-daemon: r

[jfb]

I don't see any web servers running on port 80. Perhaps some conflict with other software is keeping them from launching.

[Mcat12]

external.conf can not change the port, so remove that line in case it is causing issues.

[Sarcas]

@jfb ; Correct, I forgot that I disable Apache to see if that was a problem. I reenabled it again.
@Mcat12 ; Ok, I removed that line from external.conf (it is empty again) and changed the port number to 8093 in lighttpb.conf

I rebooted after those changes, and it is working again. I don't understand it, but I'm happy. Thank you for your responses.