httpd wont start

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carlgale

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Hi, am getting no response from my host on this other than the usual 'you have broken it so we will not fix it' (it was like this ever since I got the server)

No domains will work on my DA VPS as httpd is not running 'httpd Process is stopped' and when I click on the link next to it to restart it I am presented with another error - /sbin/service httpd start 2>&1 and nothing happens.

Trying to restart it in SSH also fails and gives me numerous error messages.

is there a way in which I can get this working? It was bad enough that I had to wait 48 hours for the host to install DA and now I find it doesn't work (phpmyadmin hasn't been installed) I've sent numerous tickets to them and got no reply.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Thanks
Carl
 
Show us the errors when starting it via ssh.

Also check /var/log/httpd/error_log
 
other than the usual 'you have broken it so we will not fix it' .... I've sent numerous tickets to them and got no reply
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Maybe you should investigate another host.

Trying to restart it in SSH also fails and gives me numerous error messages.
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The error messages are essential if you want us to help.
 
I had this exact same issue. Site was working perfectly, then got a service monitoring alert that httpd was down. Eventually found that apache had been updated as part of a service release and was not loading the correct modules needed in the httpd.conf. I copied the modules listed in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew file and applied these modules in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file. Once this was applied I was able to restart apache successfully. Hope this helps.

Oh, and I agree with floyd, you should definitely look for a new host!

Of course, re-reading your post it seems DA has now been reinstalled on your system. Either way, I hope this helps someone, was kind a tough one for me since the error logs contained zero indication regarding modules.
 
You shouldn't let Apache be updated by anything except custombuild.

Jeff
 
I appreciate the input. Am adding the exclusion to yum now. Is there anything else I should exclude, that DA will update for me?

Also, came back to post that the next time a config change was made, apache died again. Had to re-order the .conf files to load the modules in the right order. A bind update also chrooted dns again, but it was easier to fix this time. That update really did a number on me.
 
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