Apache throwing weird error

mmaserati · 04-05-2012, 10:53 AM

After rebooting My CENTOS 6 VMWare server I am getting an error trying to start Apache:

Code:

Starting httpd: [Thu Apr 05 11:41:53 2012] [error] (EAI 2)Name or service not known: Failed to resolve server name for x.x.x.x (check DNS) -- or specify an explicit ServerName
[Thu Apr 05 11:41:53 2012] [error] (EAI 2)Name or service not known: Failed to resolve server name for 172.25.1.7 (check DNS) -- or specify an explicit ServerName

I change the real ip to x.x.x.x for security purposes in this thread.

I have tried everything I can think of. The httpd file settings say look in the vhost.conf file so anything I do is in the vhost file

Anyone that can help is greatly appreciated

Kustom42 · 04-05-2012, 11:37 AM

Put the following into your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Code:

ServerName "www.yourfullyqualifieddomaninname.com"

---------- Post added 04-05-12 at 09:38 AM ----------

You can also add a line to your /etc/hosts file mapping your IP to a hostname.

mmaserati · 04-13-2012, 10:06 AM

tried that and found solution was a dns issue. The name of the server was not resolving basically.