apache2 fails to start

[husskii]

Hi Im hoping someone can help me figure how to resolve this apache2 problem I keep getting, I have installed a debian LAMP server with ispconfig3 and everytime I reboot apache fails to start, I don't know and I have done some research but nothing seems to work, which leads me to reinstall everything from scratch again, which is starting to be a pain, I think I have reinstalled at least 10x or more, and would really love a solution pls...

when ever I reboot I get the following error

Starting web server: apache2apache2: Syntax error on line 281 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 66 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/monsterhost.co.cc.vhost: Expected </VirtualHost> but saw </Directory>
failed!

I have tried stopping and restarting apache with no success have also creating
/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.monsterhost.co.cc

with the following text

#
# Example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.monsterhost.co.cc)
#
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster@monsterhost.co.cc
ServerName www.monsterhost.co.cc
ServerAlias monsterhost.co.cc

# Indexes + Directory Root.
DirectoryIndex index.html
DocumentRoot /home/www/www.monsterhost.co.cc/htdocs/

# CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/www/www.monsterhost.co.cc/cgi-bin/
<Location /cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>


# Logfiles
ErrorLog /home/www/www.monsterhost.co.cc/logs/error.log
CustomLog /home/www/www.monsterhost.co.cc/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

then I ran
a2ensite www.monsterhost.co.cc
which said
Site www.monsterhost.co.cc already enabled

so i tried
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.monsterhost.co.cc
and i got a permission denied error

-bash: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.monsterhost.co.cc: Permission denied

I really hope there is something to fix apache and get it to start, otherwise the setup is a waste of time, and Im hoping it isnt because Ive put a lot of work into it.


if anyone knows how to fix this error

Starting web server: apache2apache2: Syntax error on line 281 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 66 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/monsterhost.co.cc.vhost: Expected </VirtualHost> but saw </Directory>
failed!

and get apache to start that would be so great...


Thanks
Husskii

[husskii]

the lines 275-285 in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf are


# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
# see README.Debian for details.

# Include generic snippets of statements
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

# Include the virtual host configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

for
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf it only goes as far as 282.

and lines 60-70 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/monsterhost.co.cc.vhost
is

php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/www/clients/client0/web9/tmp
php_admin_value session.save_path /var/www/clients/client0/web9/tmp
php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/clients/client0/web9/web:/var/www/clients/client0/$

[<Directory /var/www/monsterhost.co.cc/web>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>




also this only goes as far as 67 and the rest of the lines to 71 are blank.

If u like I can post the whole thing if it helps, but ye I have no idea on where to go from here...
could really use the help please..

thanks:confused:

[Charlietje]

start apache by

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start


after that, look in the log files

/var/log/syslog
/var/log/apache2/error.log

you probably get more info

[husskii]

hi Charlietje

I tried starting apache and again it failed, when I try run the commands to view my error logs I get permission denied.

am I ment to use nano or just run the command on its own...
I am root so not sure why I get permission denied..

Thanks heaps

[husskii]

ok I tried viewing through webmin and this is what I got for
/var/log/apache2/error.log


Fri Jan 15 13:04:04 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /var/www/proxycheck.txt
[Fri Jan 15 13:04:05 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Fri Jan 15 16:15:53 2010] [error] [client 85.190.0.3] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Fri Jan 15 19:31:56 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /var/www/proxycheck.txt
[Fri Jan 15 19:31:56 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/proxycheck.txt
[Fri Jan 15 19:31:56 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Fri Jan 15 19:31:56 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Fri Jan 15 19:32:00 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /var/www/proxycheck.txt
[Fri Jan 15 19:32:00 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/proxycheck.txt
[Sun Jan 17 14:46:32 2010] [error] [client 10.1.1.1] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Sun Jan 17 14:46:35 2010] [error] [client 10.1.1.1] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Sun Jan 17 14:46:35 2010] [error] [client 10.1.1.1] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Sun Jan 17 23:03:51 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Sun Jan 17 23:03:51 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/proxycheck.txt
[Sun Jan 17 23:03:52 2010] [error] [client 72.20.40.51] File does not exist: /var/www/proxycheck.txt
[Mon Jan 18 02:02:39 2010] [error] [client 121.55.236.139] client denied by server configuration: /htdocs
[Mon Jan 18 04:37:25 2010] [error] [client 10.1.1.1] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Mon Jan 18 04:37:25 2010] [error] [client 10.1.1.1] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Mon Jan 18 04:37:59 2010] [error] [client 67.218.116.134] File does not exist: /var/www/robots.txt
[Mon Jan 18 04:57:10 2010] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down

and for
/var/log/syslog


Jan 18 06:45:01 server1 postfix/smtpd[18677]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:46:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18695]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:47:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18702]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:48:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18726]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:49:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18733]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:50:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18740]: (getmail) CMD (/usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:50:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18743]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 pure-ftpd: (?@localhost.localdomain) [INFO] New connection from localhost.localdomain
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 pure-ftpd: (?@localhost.localdomain) [INFO] Logout.
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 pop3d: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 imapd: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], time=0
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 postfix/smtpd[18758]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 postfix/smtpd[18758]: lost connection after CONNECT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:50:02 server1 postfix/smtpd[18758]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jan 18 06:51:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18800]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:52:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18830]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:53:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18842]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Jan 18 06:54:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[18849]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)


but they don't make much sense to me, Im only new to apache.
I haven't had much of a chance to explore it because after 2 or 3 days when I reboot for any reason, this happens.

[husskii]

I know a whole bunch of files dnt exist but what I dnt know is how that came to be, because then I could try prevent it wen I reinstall next time round.

[phrostbyte]

obviously



[Mon Jan 18 04:57:10 2010] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down


Is why apache is failing to start. However, it does not give information on why it's receiving SIGTERM. SIGTERM is usually sent by commands such as kill.

[husskii]

is there a way to view the logs for
SIGTERM lol
or wat log can i view that might give more details

[husskii]

****NOPE THOUGHT I HAD THE SOLUTION BELOW< BUT APACHE2 STILL FAILS ON SERVER REBOOT*********:'(

ok I think I found the problem with some help from another site, but in case anyone else has this problem this is the error in
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/monsterhost.co.cc.vhost


php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/www/clients/client0/web9/tmp
php_admin_value session.save_path /var/www/clients/client0/web9/tmp
php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/clients/client0/web9/web:/var/www/clients/client0/$

[<Directory /var/www/monsterhost.co.cc/web>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

and this is how it should look, u need to change line 62 (the open_basedir one) to this:


php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/clients/client0/web9/web:/var/www/clients/client0/web9/tmp:/usr/share/php5:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin

but of-course your domain and where it says web9, what ever web numbers your up to..

cheers

[Charlietje]

Can you post your complete virtual host file

[husskii]

hi Charlietje
Thank for offering but its ok I found the problem :)
if you notice in my vhost next to
<Directory /var/www/monsterhost.co.cc/web>
for some reason I had the symbol [ at the start when it shouldnt of been there :/

cheers