Ubuntu – Apache2 crash after SSL install

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I'm trying to install ssl on my apache2 ubuntu 14.04. After I install all my credentials and restart my apache I get

caught SIGTERM shutdown

There is no more error or explanation.
I created a folder in etc/apache2 called ssl and generated my csr & key there using this command:

openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout yourdomain.key -out yourdomain.csr

Here is my 000-default.conf in sites-available:

my 000-default:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mydomain.com/
Redirect / h t t p s ://mydomain.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName mydomain.com:443
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/962dfc9e10c76031.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/mydomain.com.key
SSLCertificateChainFile  /etc/apache2/ssl/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt
ServerAdmin admin@domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
 <Directory /var/www/html/>
     AllowOverride All
     order allow,deny
     allow from all
   </Directory

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Then I call 

a2enmod ssl

and restart apache. But I get SIGTERM shutdown.
Note: I used cloudfalre on strict mode

Best Answer

In my experience, the explanation for this type of error gets logged to the master Apache error log file. Take a look at that and see what error it's giving you and I expect that will quickly lead you to the solution. If there's no log entry, check /var/log/messages as well, and if none in either of those places, try starting apache using strace and see if any of the last messages it outputs give any hint as to what's going on.

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