Apache2 unable to start

satimis · 03-30-2015, 12:00 AM

Hi,

Mint 17

Just upgade Mint 16 to Mint 17. After fininsh unable to start apache2

# /etc/init.d/apache2 start

Code:

 * Starting web server apache2                                                  
 *

On browser run;
http://localhost

Code:

Index of /
Name	Last modified	Size	Description
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

Click /Name/Last modified/Size/Description without response.

Please help. TIA

Regards
satimis

veerain · 03-30-2015, 12:35 AM

You apache has started as it is producing a output in the web browser with http://localhost.

Find the root of web directory and put a test html file and point your browser to it. E.g. http://localhost/test.html

Usually the root of your web directory is '/var/www'. Find it.

satimis · 03-30-2015, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by veerain

You apache has started as it is producing a output in the web browser with http://localhost.

Find the root of web directory and put a test html file and point your browser to it. E.g. http://localhost/test.html

Usually the root of your web directory is '/var/www'. Find it.

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

# ls /var/www/

Code:

ballet  classic  hymn        info.php  string
bible   html     index.html  opera     wordpress

html is a directory
ballet /classic/hymn/bible are websites

cat /var/www/index.html

Code:

It works
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

/localhost/index.html

Code:

Not Found
The requested URL /index.html was not found on this server.
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

# netstat -ltnp

Code:

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 127.0.1.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1062/dnsmasq   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2609/cupsd     
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3306          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1573/mysqld    
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN      2927/apache2   
tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*                    LISTEN      2609/cupsd

Regards
satimis

veerain · 03-30-2015, 04:59 AM

From your post output it seems that your web root is not /var/www but something else. You should then look at httpd.conf configuration file installed with apache.

There are many articles on web which give setup howto.

satimis · 03-30-2015, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by veerain

From your post output it seems that your web root is not /var/www but something else. You should then look at httpd.conf configuration file installed with apache.

There are many articles on web which give setup howto.

Hi,

$ locate httpd.conf
/etc/phpmyadmin/lighttpd.conf

no such file?

On browser running http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Code:

Not Found

The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

It worked before upgrading to Mint 17

Regards
satimis

veerain · 03-30-2015, 05:32 AM

Instead of 'locate' you may try using 'find /etc -name "httpd.conf".

Also see the files in /var/www/html and check whether it's empty, if so put a test html file named index.html and run http://localhost/index.html in a browser.

satimis · 03-30-2015, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by veerain

Instead of 'locate' you may try using 'find /etc -name "httpd.conf".

Also see the files in /var/www/html and check whether it's empty, if so put a test html file named index.html and run http://localhost/index.html in a browser.

Hi,

$ sudo find /etc -name "httpd.conf"
No printout

$ ls /var/www/html/
No printout

$ sudo cp /var/www/index.html /var/www/html/
$ ls -al /var/www/html/

Code:

total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 30 18:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 30 12:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  177 Mar 30 18:39 index.html

$ sudo service apache2 restart

Code:

 * Restarting web server apache2

On browser:-
http://localhost/index.html

Code:

It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

/localhost/phpmyadmin or /localhost/xyz (xyz.domain.com)

Code:

Not Found
The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

Before upgrade to Mint 17 they worked.

$ ls /var/www/

Code:

tuv  html  xyz  index.html  info.php  wordpress

move the folders, tuv and xyz, to /var/www/html/ ?

Or symbolic them to /var/www/html/?

How about phpmyadmin? Thanks

Edit:
Verifying on other Mint 16
$ ls /var/www/

Code:

tuv  xyz  index.html  info.php  wordpress

The folder/directory html is not existing

Regards
satimis

j-ray · 03-30-2015, 06:20 AM

if apache doesnt start type
sudo apache2ctl configtest

and see/post what it gives out

satimis · 03-30-2015, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-ray

if apache doesnt start type
sudo apache2ctl configtest

and see/post what it gives out

On Mint 17 (upgraded from Mint 16)
$ sudo apache2ctl configtest

Code:

Syntax OK

On Mint 16 (another working VM for comparison)
sudo apache2ctl configtest

Code:

AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Syntax OK

Regards
satimis

veerain · 03-30-2015, 06:41 AM

So indeed the /var/www/html is the web root and apache is working nicely.

I don't know about phpmyadmin but perhaps the upgrade has overwritten the old softwares/configuration files.

Somebody knowledgeable about Mint would help.

satimis · 03-30-2015, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by veerain

So indeed the /var/www/html is the web root and apache is working nicely.

I don't know about phpmyadmin but perhaps the upgrade has overwritten the old softwares/configuration files.

Somebody knowledgeable about Mint would help.

I couldn't resolve why /html/ folder/directory will be created after upgrading Mint 16 to Mint 17. Mint is based on Ubuntu

Regards
satimis

yancek · 03-30-2015, 10:30 AM

Quote:

I couldn't resolve why /html/ folder/directory will be created after upgrading Mint 16 to Mint 17. Mint is based on Ubuntu

Earlier versions of Ubuntu/Mint had /var/www as the Document Root location and the most recent releases have changed it to /var/www/html. I have a web server on a localhost machine with Ubuntu 12.04 and the default location for the Apache files is /var/www. I also have the same set up on Ubuntu 14.04(Mint 17) and the default is /var/www/html and that is where the index.html and Server Root are.

So on the new system, either change your Document Root or move all the directories/files to /var/www/html. The configuration files on Ubuntu 14.04 for apache are in the /etc/apache2 and there is no httpd.conf file. There is an apache2.conf file in this directory. In this directory is a sites-available directory with a file named "000-default.conf" where you can set the Document Root. There is a line in the sites-enabled directory to this file also. I have no idea why they made all these changes.

satimis · 03-30-2015, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yancek

- snip -

So on the new system, either change your Document Root or move all the directories/files to /var/www/html. The configuration files on Ubuntu 14.04 for apache are in the /etc/apache2 and there is no httpd.conf file. There is an apache2.conf file in this directory. In this directory is a sites-available directory with a file named "000-default.conf" where you can set the Document Root. There is a line in the sites-enabled directory to this file also. I have no idea why they made all these changes.

Hi,

Lot of thanks for your advice.

Performed following steps;

# rm /var/www/html/index.html

# cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf.bak

nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
change - DocumentRoot /var/www/html
to - DocumentRoot /var/www

# service apache2 restart

On browser;
http://localhost

Code:

It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

But still I couldn't start the websites

http://localhost/tuv
http://localhost/xyz
No response, only a blank page resulted.

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Code:

Not Found

The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

Please help. Thanks

Regards
satimis

j-ray · 03-30-2015, 01:43 PM

For wordpress or phpMyAdmin you need PHP to be installed as an apache module. Additionally you have to allow the server to look for index.php, index.html, index.phtml and such as a default page to render when the directory is called. Take a look at apache2.conf. (DirectoryIndex)

satimis · 03-30-2015, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-ray

For wordpress or phpMyAdmin you need PHP to be installed as an apache module. Additionally you have to allow the server to look for index.php, index.html, index.phtml and such as a default page to render when the directory is called. Take a look at apache2.conf. (DirectoryIndex)

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

Mint 17 makes me very frustrating, having spent hours without result.

Performed following steps but still fail:-

sudo ln -s /var/www/xyz /var/www/html/xyz
$ ls -ald /var/www/html/xyz

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Mar 31 11:06 /var/www/html/xyz -> /var/www/xyz

edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Change - DocumentRoot /var/www
back to - DocumentRoot /var/www/html

$ sudo service apache2 restart (including reboot the VM)

On browser http://localhost (still work !!!)

Code:

It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

http://localhost/xyz still a blank page
http://localhost/phpmyadmin still can't work

apache2.conf is attached to this posting. Suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks

Regards
satimis