# My forum disappeared because Apache got installed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [18 Dicembre 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291 "2017-12-18T05:22:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![hashOK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hashok/32/84852_2.png) [@hashOK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hashOK)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/1 "2017-12-18T05:22:01Z")

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My forum was good till today morning I noticed that the home page has somehow been replaced my apache default page.It has disappeared or at least got hidden.

 ![53 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/4/f4643bd3c6f79d2663dbadecd71633ed477d050a.png)

My server is amazon web server and I can confirm that the discourse is still available inside my server.

Please assist me in getting back to my forum.  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/2 "2017-12-18T05:36:18Z")

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I guess you recently installed Apache in your instance. see [Search results for '#howto apache' - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=%23howto%20apache)

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### Author: ![hashOK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hashok/32/84852_2.png) [@hashOK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hashOK)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/3 "2017-12-18T06:44:29Z")

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Well at least I didn’t but the server might have done it.  
So now how to get back to my website?

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### Author: ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/4 "2017-12-18T06:50:15Z")

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Did you restart the server? Do you need apache installed on the server or are there other sites/admins who might need it installed?

If it’s not needed, I’d recommend uninstalling apache and restarting your discourse instance. `apt-get remove apache2`, `cd /var/discourse` (or where your discourse install is) and `./launcher restart app`

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### Author: ![hashOK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hashok/32/84852_2.png) [@hashOK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hashOK)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/5 "2017-12-18T07:04:56Z")

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worked like a charm.  
Many thanks!  
Have a nice day 🙂

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [18 Dicembre 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-disappeared-because-apache-got-installed/76291/6 "2017-12-18T07:15:08Z")

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