Starting apache 2.2.8 server = no errors but does nothing

[clem_c_rock]

Hello,
I've installed apache 2.2.8 on Ubuntu and I have gotten as far as setting httpd.conf up as far as it won't throw any errors when I do a sudo httpd -k start.

The only thing, is that when I run sudo httpd -k start, nothing happens.

Where is the first place one would look to diagnose this?

Thanks,
Clem C

[joebert]

How did you install it ?

If you use apt-get to install,
sudo apt-get install apache2
you should only have to use the following to start|stop|restart the server.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start|stop|restart

[007c]

On debian you can use the command apache2ctl start | stop etc...

[clem_c_rock]

Good news - The server actually starts w/ no problem.

but, when I do: sudo apachectl restart

I get:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

Bad new is that I've configure my paths wrong so when I go to my ip: 208.78.101.123 I get this:

The requested URL / was not found on this server.

In the httpd.conf, my ServerRoot is set to this:

ServerRoot "/etc/httpd-2.2.8/"

and my virtualhost looks like this:

<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot "/www/vhosts/ehermann"
ServerName "www.ehermann.com"
ServerAlias "www.e-hermann.com"
ErrorLog logs/error_log
</VirtualHost>

The directory /www/vhosts/ehermann does exist and I have a simple index.html file in there.

[clem_c_rock]

getting closer - now the server starts but now I get a 404 when I visit the IP

Here's my setup so far:


ServerName www.ehermann.com

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/www/vhosts/ehermann"
ServerName www.ehermann.com
ServerAlias www.e-hermann.com
ErrorLog logs/error_log
<Directory "/www/vhosts/ehermann">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
</IfModule>


When I fire up the server I get the 404:

Not Found

The requested URL / was not found on this server.

[RectangleMan]

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

Try setting the ServerName variable in your httpd.conf Try it as localhost or whatever you have your server named ...ns1 or domain.com...I had a similar issue at one point.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#servername

[clem_c_rock]

Here's the latest I'm trying


Listen 208.78.101.123:80

DocumentRoot "/www/vhosts"

ServerName www.ehermann.com

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/www/vhosts/ehermann"
ServerName www.ehermann.com
ServerAlias www.e-hermann.com
ErrorLog logs/error_log
<Directory "/www/vhosts/ehermann">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
</IfModule>


I'm still getting a 404 after firing up the server