Service stops for no reason (fixed)

[nicolas]

You cannot start it because it is already running or you have another application binding to port 4445, but that happens just after starting, it is not a crash after working for some time.

Do you have fop1 running? Stop it and disable it, or change its listenting port so fop2 can bind to 4445.

netstat -lnp | grep 444

If you see 4445 taken by perl, then it is fop1, stop it:

/usr/sbin/amportal stop_fop

disable it editing /etc/amportal.conf and set FOPRUN=false

or better yet, if you have a recent FreePBX, uninstall the FOP Framework.

[jrecho]

I have been using this for years they are not set to the same port and when it crashes it does not allow
Us to login yet it is already running I wi remove foo1 but that was set to a different port many years
Ago when we bought fip2. You also seem to have new version should we aprudade

Thanks for the help

[nicolas]

If you upgraded FreePBX or some of its modules FOP1 will be back to the default port unless you disable it, or change its port back. I recommend to disable it to avoid having issues if you upgrade or install some new freepbx version again.

You might want to upgrade to the latest fop2 version as it works with the latest browsers using websockets, and it also has some new features, but you can continue using your version if you are happy with it.

[jrecho]

it won't let me stop it but I did set it to sales
[trixbox1.localdomain fop2]# netstat -lnp | grep 444
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:4445 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 32230/perl
[trixbox1.localdomain fop2]# service fop2 stop
Shutting down Flash Operator Panel 2: [FAILED]
[trixbox1.localdomain fop2]#

[nicolas]

You have to stop FOP1, NOT FOP2.

/usr/sbin/amportal stop_fop

edit /etc/amportal.conf and set

FOPRUN=false

Then start fop2

service fop2 start

And if you can , uninstall the fop framework from freepbx using the module manager to avoid issues on your next freepbx upgrade.

[jrecho]

I did that and I gave thou the error I got

[nicolas]

contact me via the live help, you are not following the instructions correctly. The problem is REALLY simple, you have to stop whatever you have listening in port 4445, after that fop2 will work.

I am on the live help, this post is of no use because I already told you what to do , and it seems you are missing a command at some point.

[jrecho]

AS i said the service works fine for a while then we no longer can login to FOP2. When we try to restart the service it tell sme that the port is already in use when i try to stop the service it won't stop. I did try you on chat but you were off line before will try you tomorow

[nicolas]

If you say the service stops, I understand is because fop2_server is not running. So if you cannot login, check if its running with the command

pgrep fop2

If that command returns empty, then it is in fact not running. But if it is not running, you should not get the "Cannot listen to port 4445"

If the service is stopped, then do what I typed in the 1st reply EXACTLY to start fop2 and capturing output, so you can catch the error.

Again, I am on the live help if you still cannot follow the directions I wrote.

Best regards,

[nicolas]

To avoid other people hijacking this post, and give a response to the "NO REASON" of the subject.

The REASON was that this user configuration involved multiple server monitoring (something he never stated in the post), and a firewall was set by him to prevent connections to the AMI port from the fop2 server to that 2nd server he had configured in fop2.cfg

So the NO REASON was actually someone that changed firewall rules and breaking his setup.

Doing exactly the commands I stated on the FIRST reply on this post via live help, the error popped out really clearly and was easily fixed then.