[SOLVED] httpd not starting after upgrade to FC16

[Doug Hutcheson]

I have just upgraded my FC15 to FC16. Apache was running OK under the old version, but will not start now.

[root@cardraeh ~]# systemctl start httpd.service
Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.

"grep httpd messages" returns:

Jun 23 18:16:09 cardraeh systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
Jun 23 18:16:48 cardraeh systemd[1]: httpd.service operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 23 18:16:48 cardraeh systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state.

/var/run/httpd/ has these permissions:

[root@cardraeh log]# ls -ld /var/run/httpd
drwx--x---. 2 root apache 40 Jun 23 18:15 /var/run/httpd

I'm not sure where to start with this problem. Does /var/run/httpd have to be owned by apache, instead of root, maybe? Is there another log that would contain more info?

Any ideas would be welcome.

[132811]

What it this command return?

#service httpd restart

Have you updated httpd??

---------- Post added at 12:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:48 AM ----------

What it this command return?

#service httpd restart

Have you updated httpd??

[Doug Hutcheson]

Originally Posted by 132811

What it this command return?

This:

[root@cardraeh ~]# service httpd restart
Restarting httpd (via systemctl):  Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.
                                                           [FAILED]

Originally Posted by 132811

Have you updated httpd??

This is after a full upgrade from FC15 to FC16, which naturally included httpd.

The information in /var/log/messages is rather sparse. Is there another log I could be looking in, to give more detail?

systemctl reports this:

[root@cardraeh log]# systemctl status httpd.service
httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server (prefork MPM)
	  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled)
	  Active: failed since Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:37:10 +1000; 8min ago
	 Process: 5525 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/httpd.service

[jpollard]

You can try the /var/log/htpd/*_log files.

Sometimes errors that happen after startup that may cause an exit will get recorded in error_log. Systemd seems to be loosing the ones that should show up in /var/log/messages.

[Doug Hutcheson]

It turns out I needed to run an update script, to bring my database up to te current version. All solved for now.

[modal1]

How did you solve the issue? Any more details?

[Doug Hutcheson]

modal1, I have not kept any notes of what I did to fix the problem, other than the cryptic remark here that I had to 'update my database'. Perhaps it was the PostGRES database that needed updating, although I can't see how that would have crashed httpd. Sorry I can't be of more assistance.

[modal1]

np, just thought I would ask. Thanks!