Unable to connect to Asterisk Manager from /var/lib/asterisk/bin/retrieve_conf

FreePBX Installation / Upgrade
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i have been working on this issue for hours and it was a simmple solution

ipv6 renamed my localhost, and it couldnt be resolved…

more info here http://www.cyfordtechnologies.com/linux/fatal-unable-to-connect-to-asterisk-manager

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have you tried to run /usr/src/freepbx/apply_conf.sh or wherever it’s located?

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I did the
amportal a m
then
UPDATE freepbx_settings SET value=‘newpassword’ WHERE keyword=‘AMPMGRPASS’;

Kept getting rows matched 1 changed 0.

So I changed the SET value=‘diffpass’ from what is was in the /etc/asterisk/manager.conf and got matched 1 changed 1.
Then I modified the manager.conf and whalah.

Why it didn’t work with the other would be the issue everyone is having. Good luck, I’m sure after a restart I’ll have to do this again.

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During my running of this step:
./install_amp --webroot /var/www

I found 2 of these errors in the output:
running apply_conf.sh from /etc/amportal.conf
sed: -e expression #1, char 35: unknown option to `s’

Then later, the “amportal a reload” step failed just like the OP

My password had a “/” in it, which broke the script. Shameful. So I fixed the apply_conf.sh script. (here’s my bug report and patch http://issues.freepbx.org/browse/FREEPBX-7346)