Public bug reported: AFAIU, Ubuntu switched to systemd as its service management system. Therefore I expect it to start services even in a chroot environment.
Using "service apache2 start" instead works without any problems. 1) Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 2) systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu4 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu6 Version table: 229-4ubuntu6 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages *** 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) "systemctl start apache2" should start Apache webserver. 4) "systemctl start apache2" does not start Apache webserver. Instead it says >Running in chroot, ignoring request. ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594738 Title: systemctl not working inside chroot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1594738/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs