Apache Service is Not Getting Started after Enabling it

devUnix · 01-26-2012, 02:23 PM

Hi,

Why apache2 service is not getting started/getting into "running" state on my OpenSolaris VM Box?

Notes on OS:

Code:

bash-3.2# uname -a
SunOS dev-solaris 5.10 Generic_147441-01 i86pc i386 i86pc
bash-3.2#

Code:

bash-3.2# svcadm enable apache2
bash-3.2# svcadm restart apache2

Code:

bash-3.2# svcs -x apache2
svc:/network/http:apache2 (Apache 2 HTTP server)
 State: maintenance since Fri Jan 27 01:41:15 2012
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
   See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
   See: httpd(8)
   See: /var/svc/log/network-http:apache2.log
Impact: This service is not running.
bash-3.2#

Am I missing anything?

I just noticed that there is some error:

Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.

The red colored phrase sounds like an environment variable but there is nothing being output:

Code:

bash-3.2# echo $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG

bash-3.2#

I have not made any changes to the configuration file though.

jhwilliams · 01-26-2012, 02:50 PM

Check the apache error log to see what it doesn't like about the conf. Could be there is some setup required to get it running even out of box.

devUnix · 01-26-2012, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhwilliams

Check the apache error log to see what it doesn't like about the conf. Could be there is some setup required to get it running even out of box.

Dependencies are up:

Code:

bash-3.2# svcs -l apache2
fmri         svc:/network/http:apache2
name         Apache 2 HTTP server
enabled      true
state        maintenance
next_state   none
state_time   Fri Jan 27 01:41:15 2012
logfile      /var/svc/log/network-http:apache2.log
restarter    svc:/system/svc/restarter:default
contract_id
dependency   require_all/error svc:/milestone/network:default (online)
dependency   require_all/none svc:/system/filesystem/local:default (online)
dependency   optional_all/error svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default (online)
bash-3.2#

The log does not reveal anything in particular:

Code:

bash-3.2# pwd
/var/svc/log

[ Jan 27 01:41:15 Enabled. ]
[ Jan 27 01:41:15 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 start") ]
[ Jan 27 01:41:15 Method "start" exited with status 96 ]
[ Jan 27 01:42:25 Rereading configuration. ]
[ Jan 27 02:54:50 Rereading configuration. ]
bash-3.2#

bash-3.2# pwd
/var/apache2
bash-3.2# ls -ltr logs
total 0
bash-3.2#

Where else can the Apache Error Log be found?