Followed Linode guide 'til the end - but ran into this problem
Ah man… so close.
I finished setting up Apache via this guide:
https://www.linode.com/docs/websites/hosting-a-website-ubuntu-18-04/
But on the very last step, I get this error:
apache2.service is not active, cannot reload.
Any ideas for a fix?
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Could you give us the output of the below command?
sudo systemctl -l status apache2
This will help us to better see what is going on.
Thanks!
Sure thing:
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2019-07-28 20:19:15 EDT; 11h ago
Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
Process: 15664 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server…
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts apachectl[15664]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 230 of /etc/apache2/apache
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts apachectl[15664]: Invalid command '…', perhaps misspelled or defined by
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts apachectl[15664]: Action 'start' failed.
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts apachectl[15664]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 28 20:19:15 CarLeaseDiscounts systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
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What does line 230 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf say?
(The filename is probably truncated in the output you gave.)
What does line 230 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf say?
…
<ifmodule mpm_prefork_module=""> StartServers 4 MinSpareServers 20 MaxSpareServers 40 MaxClients 200 MaxRequestsPerChild 4500 </ifmodule>