service httpd status shows some error doc too

anjanesh · 05-23-2006, 08:01 AM

I got this vps which has FC2 and wanted to know the service status.

Code:

root@server [/]# service httpd status

                                   Not Found

   The requested URL /server-status was not found on this server.

   Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an
   ErrorDocument to handle the request.
     _________________________________________________________________


    Apache/1.3.34 Server at server.domain.com Port 80
root@server [/]#

Whats this Not Found abt ?

nx5000 · 05-23-2006, 08:23 AM

By default server-status is not enabled, you have to uncomment the lines in your http configuration file (/etc/apache/httpd.conf on my machine).
404 error so your apache is alive

anjanesh · 05-23-2006, 10:10 AM

I dont to have etc/apache - but I have usr/local/apache - is this correct ? Are installations done here too ?

nx5000 · 05-23-2006, 10:33 AM

Don't mix the directory where the configuration files are and the directory where the apache binary are.
On debian, its at its place (etc/apache or etc/apache2) but on others flavours.. don't know (/etc/httpd?):

To find it:

Code:

find /etc -name httpd.conf
find /etc -name apache.conf

Then as root, edit it to remove comments for server-status and restart the service:

Code:

apachectl restart

anjanesh · 05-23-2006, 10:46 AM

Code:

root@server [/]# find /etc -name httpd.conf
/etc/httpd.old/conf/httpd.conf
root@server [/]#

I seem to have httpd.old ?

nx5000 · 05-23-2006, 10:50 AM

No its not this one, maybe try the search from the root directory. (find / -name..)

By the way, isn't Fedora Core 2 a bit too recent?

You won't get so much support with this thing.

anjanesh · 05-23-2006, 10:58 AM

Code:

root@server [/]# pwd
/
root@server [/]# locate httpd.conf
/installd/buildapache/httpd.conf.tmpeditlib
/installd/buildapache/apache_1.3.34/conf/httpd.conf-dist
/installd/buildapache/apache_1.3.34/conf/httpd.conf-dist-nw
/installd/buildapache/apache_1.3.34/conf/httpd.conf-dist-win
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.default
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.bak
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.tmpeditlib
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf,v
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.datastore
/etc/httpd.old/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd.old/conf/httpd.conf.gd.bak
root@server [/]#

How come I got so many of them ? I've been working on Apache for 2 yrs now on Windows and I never find the need for more than 1 httpd.conf file.

nx5000 · 05-23-2006, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anjanesh

How come I got so many of them ? I've been working on Apache for 2 yrs now on Windows and I never find the need for more than 1 httpd.conf file.

Because somebody created them. You need 1 httpd.conf (unless you make includes), thats it.
Windows apache is very similar to linux apache.

I would say:

/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

anjanesh · 05-23-2006, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Because somebody created them

- This is a problem - now that I got control over it, how do I get rid of Apache 1.3.34 and have all these files removed ?

I want to do this because I got to install Apache 2.0.58 instead - this server is new and no sites exists - but somebody tried isntalling something and ended up the older versions.