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jeffshead
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
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 Posted: Mon 25 Aug '25 3:59 Post subject: Apache won't start - AlmaLinux 10 |
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I need some help tracking down the reason why Apache won't start on a new server install. I set it up the same way I have all other AlmaLinux 8-9 servers in the past but I can't find a reason for the failure. I can't find any useful info in any of the logs.
Here's what I get when I try to start Apache:
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[root@ncd ~]# systemctl restart httpd
Job for httpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status httpd.service" and "journalctl -xeu httpd.service" for details.
[root@ncd ~]# systemctl status httpd.service
× httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
└─php-fpm.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-08-24 21:54:26 EDT; 30s ago
Invocation: 442fe177ec1b486395e56d1c932a227e
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
Process: 4066 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 4066 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Status: "Reading configuration..."
Mem peak: 3.1M
CPU: 144ms
Aug 24 21:54:25 ncdot.cc systemd[1]: Starting httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
Aug 24 21:54:26 ncdot.cc (httpd)[4066]: httpd.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string: OPTIONS
Aug 24 21:54:26 ncdot.cc systemd[1]: httpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 24 21:54:26 ncdot.cc systemd[1]: httpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 24 21:54:26 ncdot.cc systemd[1]: Failed to start httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server.
[root@ncd ~]#
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| Code: | [root@ncd ~]# apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
[root@ncd ~]#
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I did find this in the /var/log/httpd/error_log:
| Code: | (30)Read-only file system: AH00091: httpd: could not open error log file /home/ncdot/logs/error.log.
AH00015: Unable to open logs |
Anyone have any ideas where I should look?
UPDATE:
I have triple checked all ownership and permissions on all files/directories and they are identicalto all of the other AlmaLinux 8 & 9 servers but, the following path for the log file does not work on the AlmaLinux 10 server:
| Code: | | ErrorLog /home/ncdot/logs/error.log |
If I change the path to...
| Code: | | ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error.log |
...Apache starts.
Has something changed in v10 that would cause the original log file path to not work?
Last edited by jeffshead on Mon 25 Aug '25 13:09; edited 4 times in total |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Mon 25 Aug '25 9:12 Post subject: |
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| Somewhere in your config, you defined a log with the path "/home/ncdot/logs/error.log". Does that path exist? Is the path readable for the Apache user? Can the Apache user write that file? |
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jeffshead
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Mon 25 Aug '25 13:39 Post subject: |
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| James Blond wrote: | | Somewhere in your config, you defined a log with the path "/home/ncdot/logs/error.log". Does that path exist? Is the path readable for the Apache user? Can the Apache user write that file? |
Apparently not, for whatever reason. How do I test? I don't understand why it works on several other servers but not this one. |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Wed 27 Aug '25 10:11 Post subject: |
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I don't know about Red Hat distros. In most distros, you run
apachectl -S
The config test is just apachectl -t while the -S also tests the virtual hosts, too. |
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