httpd: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

When starting the httpd process you may receive the following error :

Starting httpd: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

You might get this error when restarting Apache. To resolve the issue add the following to your httpd.conf file :

ServerName 127.0.0.1

Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.

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