[Solved] Unable to start Apache

Question

Hi All,
I install Apache with "sudo pacman -S apache"but "sudo systemctl start httpd.service" failed and "sudo systemctl status httpd.service" showed:
httpd.service - Apache Web Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun, 2012-12-16 03:36:39 EST; 7s ago
Process: 4844 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/httpd.service
Dec 16 03:36:39 ArchCustom apachectl[4844]: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for ArchCustom
Dec 16 03:36:39 ArchCustom apachectl[4844]: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, u...erName
Dec 16 03:36:39 ArchCustom systemd[1]: Failed to start Apache Web Server.
Dec 16 03:36:39 ArchCustom systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state
Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl --system daemon-reload' recommended.
Then I went to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and changed "#ServerName www.example.com:80" to "ServerName 192.168.4.19:80" (later I changed to "ServerName localhost:80", but it didn't work either). Now the systemctl status showed:
httpd.service - Apache Web Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun, 2012-12-16 03:39:50 EST; 3s ago
Process: 4863 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/httpd.service
Dec 16 03:39:50 ArchCustom systemd[1]: Failed to start Apache Web Server.
Dec 16 03:39:50 ArchCustom systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state
What should I do next?
Thanks.
Last edited by dxxvi (2012-12-20 11:48:20)

Answer 1

zenlord wrote:Read the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache
This is the easiest answer to give for my question "What should I do next?" Yes, I already read the wiki. Apache run successfully without any modification 3 - 4 times for me in the past. Now I install a new machine and it doesn't work this time.
kaipee wrote:@dxxvi I have also been having issues with apache since I moved to systemd at the weekend.
Fortunately for me I installed my machine when systemd was already there. This is my /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
[Unit]
Description=Apache Web Server
After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/httpd/httpd.pid
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start
ExecStop=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful-stop
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful
PrivateTmp=true
LimitNOFILE=infinity
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and in my system /var/run is sym-linked to /run. And by the way, why is the location for the pid file important? I think we can put the pid file anywhere, right?
/usr/sbin/apachectl configtest says my httpd.conf is fine. However /usr/sbin/apachectl start exits with the status of 1.