CentOS’s Apache won’t start

apache-2.2centoscentos6

Just did a fresh install of CentOS, I also installed apache, but it won't start.

[root@blah /]# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd:                                            [FAILED]

This is what I get. I tried rebooting the os, still nothing. any ideas?
I did check /etc/httpd/logs/error_log file and this is what I found.

Unable to open logs

Best Answer

It is likely that you have a path defined in one of your configuration parameters that doesn't exist or has the wrong permissions. There are some that Apache will be able to start up with even if they don't exist, and others, like the main error log (there are others) that will cause it to fail to start. Look there.

Also, check to make sure it is not already running:

service httpd status

or

ps aux|grep httpd

If all your paths exist, have good permissions, apache is not already running and you see nothing in your syslog (/var/log/messages by default), then I'd start backtracking by removing the httpd rpm and re-install and start over.

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