Apache server - not loading localhost

apache localhost listen port80
user1158831 picture user1158831 · Jan 19, 2012 · Viewed 43.9k times · Source

I had this problem with my Apache server not starting, because port 80 was being used by some other program, I changed the 'Listen' port number to 8888 and the server got started. But now the problem is, when I try to access 'http://localhost/' from my browser its not finding it. Can anyone let me know whats the problem here, and resolution for the same ?

Answer

ken picture ken · Jan 19, 2012

Your browser is defaulting to port 80 if no port is specified.

Try http://localhost:8888

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