Internal Server Error - after installing apex using http server

Question

hi,
i just installed apex 3.2 using http server. after finished, i try to to open apex admin (http://faiz:7777/pls/apex/apex_admin) but i got this error:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
this is my log file:
[Thu Dec 31 11:55:56 2009] [error] [client 10.10.10.10] [ecid: 1262231756:10.10.10.10:396:2036:1,0] mod_plsql: DAD '/pls/apex' is disabled because of misconfiguration. Please refer to the log entries during server startup for more information.
10.10.10.10 - - [31/Dec/2009:11:55:56 +0800] "GET /pls/apex/ HTTP/1.1" 500 645
this is my dads.conf :
Alias /i/ "E:/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/Apache/images/"
AddType text/xml xbl
AddType text/x-component htc
<Location /pls/apex>
Order deny,allow
PlsqlDocumentPath docs
AllowOverride None
PlsqlDocumentProcedure wwv_flow_file_mgr.process_download
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString faiz:1521:orcl ServiceNameFormat
PlsqlNLSLanguage AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
PlsqlAuthenticationMode Basic
SetHandler pls_handler
PlsqlDocumentTablename wwv_flow_file_objects$
PlsqlDatabaseUsername APEX_PUBLIC_USER
PlsqlDefaultPage apex
PlsqlDatabasePassword orcl
PlsqlRequestValidationFunction wwv_flow_epg_include_modules.authorize
Allow from all
</Location>
and ii got blank page when i try accessing this page http://faiz:1521/pls/apex/apex_admin
thanks,
-akulala
Edited by: akulala on Dec 30, 2009 7:57 PM

Answer 1

In your middle tier (where your dads.conf file is located), do you have a file called marvel.conf (this was used in very early versions of APEX if memory servers)? If so you will either need to put your /pls/apex entry into your marvel.conf file of configure the App Server to user the dads.conf file. (I think all of this is done in the http.conf file but I am not 100%)
Also, this sounds like a stupid question but can you ensure that you only have entry in you dads.conf or marvel.conf file that relates to /pls/apex
If you are still having issues, try updating the line: PlsqlDatabaseConnectString faiz:1521:orcl ServiceNameFormat
to: PlsqlDatabaseConnectString TNS_ENTRY TNSFormat
where TNS_ENTRY is replaced by a valid TNS Identifier in the same Mid Tier home: ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
Finally, in earlier versions you had to use a forward slash character as the last value in the Alias line i.e. Alias /i/ "E:/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/Apache/images\". I always configure this line in this way and never seem to have an issues. Not sure if this is required anymore but may be one more thing that is mis configured.
I hope all of that helps.
Let me know how you get on.
Regards
Duncs
http://djmein.blogspot.com
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