apache errors

[anarchy99]

I have been unsuccessful in getting apache to start on my server. I tried updating and then rebuilding but so far no luck. I've checked my error logs and still don't know? Any ideas/ common problems?

 

[DigiCrime]

Need more details...What are your errors? What OS/Cpanel build, what does apachectl configtest say

 

[anarchy99]

Here is the info from an apache rebuild.

Apache Build/Upgrade
Building Apache Config.....Done
Downloading and compiling apache+modules....

Fetching http://layer1.cpanel.net/buildapache.sea (0)[email protected]%...3%...4%...6%...7%...9%...11%...12%...14%...15%...17%...19%...20%...22%...23%...25%...27%...28%...30%...31%...33%...35%...36%...38%...39%...41%...42%...44%...46%...47%...49%...50%...52%...54%...55%...57%...58%...60%...62%...63%...65%...66%...68%...70%...71%...73%...74%...76%...78%...79%...81%...82%...84%...85%...87%...89%...90%...92%...93%...95%...97%...98%...100%......Done
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing buildapache...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Checking Update System........Rpm Sanity Check PASSED!
Verifying compiler and libs....Verifying installation....
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-i386-es-4...

Fetching rpm headers...

Name Version Rel
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The following packages you requested are already updated:
wget

/scripts/ensurerpm [@buildapache]...(--quiet --safe --usecache libxpm4 ImageMagick libxpm4-devel libxpm4-dev ncurses ncurses-devel ncurses-dev libncurses5 libncurses5-devel libncurses5-dev gettext gdbm gdbm-devel libgdbm2-devel libgdbm2-dev db4 db4-devel db4-dev db1 db1-devel db1-dev db1-tools patch kernel-headers linux-headers glibc-kernheaders pam-devel pam-dev krb5-devel krb5-dev openssl openssl-devel ssl-dev libssl-dev openssl-dev libopenssl0 libopenssl0-devel libopenssl0-dev flex lex bison glibc-devel glibc-dev gcc gcc-c++ libgcc cpp libstdc++ libstdc++-devel libstdc++-dev jpeg libjpeg libjpeg-devel libjpeg-dev libjpeg62 libjpeg62-devel libjpeg62-dev png libpng libpng-devel libpng-dev libpng10 libpng10-devel libpng3 libpng3-devel libpng3-dev libtiff libtiff-devel libtiff-dev libtiff3 libtiff3-devel libtiff3-dev XFree86-libs XFree86-devel XFree86-dev libopenssl0.9.7-devel libopenssl0.9.7-static-devel libltdl xorg-x11-devel pspell pspell-devel zlib zlib-devel zlib1-devel libz-devel tdl aspell aspell-devel xorg-x11-devel libc-client-devel libtool automake libungif-devel libtool-libltdl-devel libtool-ltdl-devel libltdl-devel libltdl3-devel).... . . Done

Done
Done
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This is buildapache version 1.5.402 (for cpanel <= 10.9.3) (ap=1.3.37)
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buildapache configured from Web Host Manager
Apache configured from Web Host Manager!
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start: httpd could not be started
Setting /home permissions to 0711......Done
Setting permissions for.....proxycom...democom...revoluti......Done
Fetching http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/buildapache/1/php-4.4.2.tar.gz (0)[email protected]%...2%...3%...4%...5%...6%...7%...8%...9%...10%...11%...12%...13%...14%...15%...16%...17%...18%...19%...20%...21%...22%...23%...24%...25%...26%...27%...28%...29%...30%...31%...32%...33%...34%...35%...36%...37%...38%...39%...40%...41%...42%...43%...44%...45%...46%...47%...48%...49%...50%...51%...52%...53%...54%...55%...56%...57%...58%...59%...60%...61%...62%...63%...64%...65%...66%...67%...68%...69%...70%...71%...72%...73%...74%...75%...76%...77%...78%...79%...80%...81%...82%...83%...84%...85%...86%...87%...88%...89%...90%...91%...92%...93%...94%...95%...96%...97%...98%...99%...100%......Done
Untarring php....Done
Applying CURL curl_formfree patch
patching file ext/curl/curl.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 639 (offset 94 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 904 (offset 19 lines).
Running configure:
LDFLAGS="-L/usr/X11R6/lib64" /home/cpapachebuild/buildapache/callbacklog --prog configure --dir /home/cpapachebuild/buildapache/build-log -- --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --prefix=/usr/local --with-xml --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-ftp --enable-magic-quotes --with-mysqli --with-mysql=/usr --enable-discard-path --with-pear --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --with-zlib

./configure [@php-4.4.2]...(--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --prefix=/usr/local --with-xml --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-ftp --enable-magic-quotes --with-mysqli --with-mysql=/usr --enable-discard-path --with-pear --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --with-zlib).... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(-j 1 clean).... Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(-j 1).... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(install).... . . . . . . . . . . . Done

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start: httpd could not be started

./configure [@php-4.4.2]...(--prefix=/usr --with-xml --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-ftp --enable-magic-quotes --with-mysqli --with-mysql=/usr --enable-discard-path --with-pear --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --with-zlib).... . . . . . . . . . . . . Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(-j 1 clean).... Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(-j 1).... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done

make [@php-4.4.2]...(install).... . . . . . . . . . . Done

initfpsuexec: using apache 1.x support
PHP version file has been updated to 4.4.2
Executing /scripts/postbuildapache (if exists)...Done
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start: httpd could not be started

Attempting to restart httpd

Waiting for httpd to restart....
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finished.




httpd status




httpd has failed, please contact the sysadmin.







Build Complete

 

[Lippy]

Sometimes apache is unable to start due to the log file. If apache can not write to the log file it will not start. Check the log file for apache, also verify that your /var partition is not full. I have seen this occur. If you can check to make sure no log file even assosiated with apache is to large.

Good luck and let us know if this is the problem. Also please provide what OS and Cpanel build you are running on your server to better assist us is helping you.

 

[anarchy99]

I deleted the apache error log and attempted a restart and got this.

Attempting to restart httpd  	
Waiting for httpd to restart.... . . . . . . . . . . finished.

httpd status

root     16433  1.0  1.6 18356 17012 ?       S    21:55   0:00 /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/whostmgr ./reshttpd


httpd has failed, please contact the sysadmin.

Then I checked the partition space and it was clear. So I attempted another restart and received the same error.

 

[NightStorm]

What's your output from:

service httpd configtest

It should return "Syntax OK". Anything else is likely the cause, or part of the cause of your problem.

 

[anarchy99]

Can you please expand on that?

How do I check that?

Sorry i'm a bit of a novice.

 

[anarchy99]

fixed it by restoring an old config file.

 

[anarchy99]

thought I had a problem but i finally just reloaded the operating system and Cpanel