Tiger server upgrade – HELP !

[namasteaz]

I just upgraded to tiger server.

When I try to start up the web server it gives an error message.

“Could not start web service, details in error log”

Where to I find the error log ?

Has anyone else had this problem ?

Thanks

[namasteaz]

I checked there but it does not give any more details ???

How can I find out exactly what is keeping the web server from starting ?

Thanks !

[Anonymous]

same problem here

When starting “web” service in server admin I get:

A service has encountered an error

Try to refresh the view (venus.local/Web). Report the problem to the administrator if it persists. (could not start web service – details in error log).

/private/var/log/httpd/error_log is empty

when starting apache manually:

#apachectl start
Syntax error on line 1624 of /etc/httpd/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /Library/WebServer/libexec/httpd/libssl.so into server: (reason unknown)
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

So I replaced the line in httpd.conf, which yet resulted in another error. I then replaced the complete httpd.conf file with the default.

SOLUTION:

# mv /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf httpd.conf_oud
# cp /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf.default httpd.conf

initial change in httpd.conf (replaced LoadModule line):

#
#LoadModule ssl_module libexec/httpd/libssl.so
LoadModule ssl_module /usr/libexec/httpd/libssl.so
AddModule mod_ssl.c
#

[mcrispin]

I am not sure how directly this is related to your request, nevertheless…

In Leopard Server it is very important that when using SSL you never delete the Default cert should you choose that your users have access to a non-SSL web service. You can create your own, but don’t overwrite the default or delete it. Hope this is helpful.

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