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Apache cannot fully determine domain name when I tried restarting after install.

I get this error;

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Restarting web server config apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain
name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName.

Why am I seeing 127.0.1.1? I have tried saving ServerName localhost into my /etc/init.d/apache2 but it keeps redirecting me to Google search page every time I type phpmyadmin.

Will appreciate any expert help.

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Unless there is a specific reason you need it to determine it there is no real reason to try and do so. I run 3 soon to be 5 sites on my server and at every restart it still says that. It seems to only be important in very specific cases.

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You need to specify ( Optional ) name of the site in apache configuration. Edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file.

Add following parameter

Servername <your-website-name>

For example 

 Servername ketan.in

Restart apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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As default the configurations of apache is blank. Try to set with this.

Open terminal, and edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ,

set Servername localhost

Besure u have changed httpd.conf with right.

Restart with this command :

sudo service apache2 stop

sudo service apache2 start

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  • Thanks for the detailed response, I've tried that approach with no success could it be because of this command I inputted? sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin Is this an accurate command? Thanks.
    – frqcuse
    Feb 26, 2013 at 6:51
  • The command u input :sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin not related with ur problem, because ur command just fix phpmyadmin so u can access from localhost right? I think u must remove apache and friends first and install again. Using this command: sudo apt-get remove apache2 php5 phpmyadmin and install again using this: sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql phpmyadmin
    – Baim
    Feb 26, 2013 at 9:48
  • This is what happens when I tried to reinstall; sudo apt-get remove apache2 php5 phpmyadmin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package apache2 is not installed, so not removed Package php5 is not installed, so not removed Package phpmyadmin is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: php5-gd libmcrypt4 php5-mcrypt apache2-mpm-worker dbconfig-common Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Not sure why it can't let me reinstall.
    – frqcuse
    Feb 26, 2013 at 16:38
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Line:

ServerName localhost

should be added to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf or to some specific site in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. The configuration can vary on different versions but httpd.conf should be there always.

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  • It is not working still redirecting to google.
    – frqcuse
    Feb 26, 2013 at 6:25
  • Did it still give a warning while restarting apache2? Did you explicitly add http to beginning? localhost ? (Chrome is at least trying to be "smart" sometimes). Does 127.0.0.1 work?
    – Kride
    Feb 26, 2013 at 6:28
  • Did not work? Still fighting with it.
    – frqcuse
    Feb 26, 2013 at 6:52
  • If even 127.0.0.1 doesn't work, then there's something else wrong with configuration. How did you install the apache2?
    – Kride
    Feb 26, 2013 at 7:00

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