htppd won't start

Posts: 21 · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:59 pm

Yes, httpd won't start. Each time I type httpd -k graceful, I get the message that it is trying to start, but ****, it doesn't start Sad

This is my httpd.conf file

#BindAddress 76.12.88.210
Listen 80
User dragger
DocumentRoot /var/www2/html/

<Directory "/usr/www2">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

NameVirtualHost 76.12.88.210:80

LoadModule access_module modules/mod_access.so
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_module modules/mod_auth.so
LoadModule auth_anon_module modules/mod_auth_anon.so
LoadModule auth_dbm_module modules/mod_auth_dbm.so
LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule cgid_module modules/mod_cgid.so
LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule imap_module modules/mod_imap.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule log_forensic_module modules/mod_log_forensic.so
LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
LoadModule suexec_module modules/mod_suexec.so
LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

<VirtualHost 76.12.88.210:80>
ServerAdmin dragger@timeshare-at-large.com
DocumentRoot /var/www2/html/
ServerName www.timeshare-at-large.com
ServerAlias timeshare-at-large.com
ErrorLog /var/www2/logs/www2_error_log
CustomLog /var/www2/logs/www2_access_log common

<Directory /var/www2/cgi-bin/>
Options +ExecCGI
# AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I had to add the modules by hand because Custom_Log wouldn't start otherwise. At this point, dragger is a username I added using putty, and the URL timeshare-at-large.com is registered with another company, but I am pointing the domain at my VPS.

But httpd refuses to start.

What am I doing wrong? Besides being an amateur.

Posts: 112 · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:46 pm

what are the results of an apachectl configtest?

Posts: 2 · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:27 pm

Make sure the files /var/www2/logs/www2_error_log and /var/www2/logs/www2_access_log exist. If they do not exist, a lot of times apache will have difficulty starting without actually stating an error message. You can also try looking in the apache error log (in /var/log/) as that may list the culprit. Hope this helps - good luck!

Posts: 21 · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:41 am

There was something in the httpd error log in /var/log:

[Mon Mar 03 20:32:46 2008] [error] (2)No such file or directory: could not open mime types config file /etc/httpd/conf/mime.types.

It seems there is no configuration file for the mime modules.

I disabled the mime modules using # in the httpd.conf files. I don't think I am gonna be needing them anyhow.