Back to apache... 'Listen 8080' was a bad solution because it opens apache to the world. Instead we should do now: Listen 127.0.0.1:8080 #Listen localhost:8080 Having Listen localhost:8080 <VirtualHost *:8080> prevents apache from starting with the following message: zelenka-dev:/etc/apache2# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Restarting web server: apache2 ... waiting (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 127.0.0.1:8080 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs Action 'start' failed. The Apache error log may have more information. failed! looks like it because zelenka-dev:/etc/apache2# host localhost localhost has address 127.0.0.1 localhost has IPv6 address ::1 but not sure yet.... didn't have time to figure out what do you think? /vty