Fix : Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

Many of us face the same following error we restarting the Apache server on Ubuntu.


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


To fix that problem, you need to edit the httpd.conf file. Open the terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

By default httpd.conf file will be blank. Now, simply add the following line to the file

ServerName localhost

Save the file and exit from gEdit.

Finally restart the server.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart