THE PROBLEM
Apache2 in Ubuntu 16.04 will not start and I'm getting a very generic non-descriptive error and don't know what to do?
THE LOGS/ERRORS
apache2 restart
systemctl restart apache2.service
gives the error...
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
apache2 status
systemctl status apache2.service
gives the error...
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-01-03 02:35:00 UTC; 1min 55s ago
Process: 28312 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 apachectl[28312]: Action 'start' failed.
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 apachectl[28312]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 03 02:35:00 web3 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
journalctl -xe
journalctl -xe
gives the error...
Pretty much identical to systemctl restart apache2.service
/var/log/apache2/error.log
/var/log/apache2/error.log
gives the error...
AH00016: Configuration Failed
apachectl -t
Make sure the Aapche2 syntax is okay...
apachectl -t
or apachectl configtest
returns...
Syntax OK
THE APACHE2 CONF FILE (the rest are identical)
Now, here is the contents of one of the Apache2 conf files. The others are all similar. I'm running everything in fcgid
mode. Also notice I have Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1
in here.
/etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
<VirtualHost 123.123.123.123:80>
SuexecUserGroup "#1917" "#1917"
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerAlias webmail.example.com
ServerAlias admin.example.com
DocumentRoot /home/example/public_html
ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/example.com_error_log
CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/example.com_access_log combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/example/cgi-bin/
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5
Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^\w+\.\w+\.\w+ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =webmail.example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://example.com:20000/ [R]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =admin.example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://example.com:10000/ [R]
<Directory /home/example/public_html>
Options -Indexes +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require all granted
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
AddHandler fcgid-script .php5.6
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.0
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.1
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.2
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.3
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.3.fcgi .php
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php5.6.fcgi .php5.6
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.0.fcgi .php7.0
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.1.fcgi .php7.1
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.2.fcgi .php7.2
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.3.fcgi .php7.3
</Directory>
<Directory /home/example/cgi-bin>
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
</Directory>
<IfModule php5_module>
php_value newrelic.appname "example.com"
</IfModule>
RemoveHandler .php
RemoveHandler .php5.6
RemoveHandler .php7.0
RemoveHandler .php7.1
RemoveHandler .php7.2
RemoveHandler .php7.3
IPCCommTimeout 25001
FcgidMaxRequestLen 1073741824
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 123.123.123.123:443>
SuexecUserGroup "#1917" "#1917"
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerAlias webmail.example.com
ServerAlias admin.example.com
DocumentRoot /home/example/public_html
ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/example.com_error_log
CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/example.com_access_log combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/example/cgi-bin/
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5
Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^\w+\.\w+\.\w+ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =webmail.example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://example.com:20000/ [R]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =admin.example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://example.com:10000/ [R]
<Directory /home/example/public_html>
Options -Indexes +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require all granted
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
AddHandler fcgid-script .php5.6
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.0
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.1
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.2
AddHandler fcgid-script .php7.3
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.3.fcgi .php
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php5.6.fcgi .php5.6
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.0.fcgi .php7.0
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.1.fcgi .php7.1
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.2.fcgi .php7.2
FCGIWrapper /home/example/fcgi-bin/php7.3.fcgi .php7.3
</Directory>
<Directory /home/example/cgi-bin>
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
</Directory>
<IfModule php5_module>
php_value newrelic.appname "example.com"
</IfModule>
RemoveHandler .php
RemoveHandler .php5.6
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /home/example/ssl.cert
SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/example/ssl.key
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3 -TLSv1 -TLSv1.1
RemoveHandler .php7.0
RemoveHandler .php7.1
RemoveHandler .php7.2
RemoveHandler .php7.3
IPCCommTimeout 25001
FcgidMaxRequestLen 1073741824
</VirtualHost>
THE OS AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'VE INSTALLED
- Ubuntu 16.04 droplet from DigitalOcean
- Fresh install of Virtualmin using these instructions
- Multiple
virtualhost
domains managed by Virtualmin all running infcgid
mode - Installed PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 using these Ubuntu instructions
- Changed to http 2.0 using these instructions
APACHE2 AND PHP MODULES
apache2ctl -M | sort
access_compat_module (shared)
actions_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
auth_basic_module (shared)
auth_digest_module (shared)
authn_core_module (shared)
authn_file_module (shared)
authz_core_module (shared)
authz_host_module (shared)
authz_user_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
cgi_module (shared)
core_module (static)
dav_fs_module (shared)
dav_module (shared)
deflate_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
env_module (shared)
fcgid_module (shared)
filter_module (shared)
http2_module (shared)
http_module (static)
lbmethod_byrequests_module (shared)
log_config_module (static)
logio_module (static)
mime_module (shared)
mpm_event_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
proxy_balancer_module (shared)
proxy_connect_module (shared)
proxy_fcgi_module (shared)
proxy_http_module (shared)
proxy_module (shared)
reqtimeout_module (shared)
rewrite_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
slotmem_shm_module (shared)
socache_shmcb_module (shared)
so_module (static)
ssl_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
suexec_module (shared)
unixd_module (static)
version_module (static)
watchdog_module (static)
php -m
[PHP Modules]
bcmath
calendar
Core
ctype
date
dom
exif
fileinfo
filter
ftp
gd
gettext
hash
iconv
intl
json
libxml
mbstring
mcrypt
mysqli
mysqlnd
openssl
pcntl
pcre
PDO
pdo_mysql
Phar
posix
pspell
readline
recode
Reflection
session
shmop
SimpleXML
soap
sockets
SPL
standard
sysvmsg
sysvsem
sysvshm
tokenizer
wddx
xdebug
xml
xmlreader
xmlrpc
xmlwriter
xsl
zlib
[Zend Modules]
Xdebug
apt list --installed | grep php
libapache2-mod-php5.6/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libapache2-mod-php7.0/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
libapache2-mod-php7.1/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libapache2-mod-php7.2/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libapache2-mod-php7.3/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php-cgi/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php-cli/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed,automatic]
php-common/xenial,now 2:69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed,automatic]
php-mbstring/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed,automatic]
php-mcrypt/xenial-updates,now 1:7.0+35ubuntu6.1 all [installed]
php-mysql/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed,automatic]
php-pear/xenial,now 1:1.10.6+submodules+notgz-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+2 all [installed,automatic]
php-xdebug/xenial,now 2.7.0~beta1+2.6.1+2.5.5-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+10 amd64 [installed]
php-xml/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed,automatic]
php-zip/xenial,now 2:7.2+69+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php5.6/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php5.6-bcmath/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-cli/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-common/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-fpm/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-gd/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-intl/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-json/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-mbstring/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-mcrypt/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-mysql/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-opcache/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php5.6-pspell/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-readline/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php5.6-recode/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-soap/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-xml/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php5.6-xmlrpc/xenial,now 5.6.39-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php7.0-bcmath/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-cgi/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-cli/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-common/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-fpm/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-gd/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-intl/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-json/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-mbstring/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-mcrypt/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-mysql/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-opcache/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-pspell/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-readline/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-recode/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-soap/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.0-xml/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.0-xmlrpc/xenial,now 7.0.33-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php7.1-bcmath/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-cli/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-common/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-fpm/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-gd/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-intl/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-json/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-mbstring/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-mcrypt/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-mysql/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-opcache/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.1-pspell/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-readline/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.1-recode/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-soap/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-xml/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.1-xmlrpc/xenial,now 7.1.25-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php7.2-bcmath/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-cgi/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.2-cli/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-common/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-fpm/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-gd/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-intl/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-json/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-mbstring/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-mysql/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-opcache/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.2-pspell/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-readline/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.2-recode/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-soap/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-xml/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-xmlrpc/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.2-zip/xenial,now 7.2.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.3/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 all [installed]
php7.3-bcmath/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-cli/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-common/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-fpm/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-gd/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-intl/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-json/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-mbstring/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-mysql/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-opcache/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.3-pspell/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-readline/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
php7.3-recode/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-soap/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-xml/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
php7.3-xmlrpc/xenial,now 7.3.0-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 amd64 [installed]
webmin-php-pear/virtualmin-universal,now 1.5 all [installed,automatic]