How do I start apache

[jdeane]

How do I start Apache, the instructions I had were to use the 'apachectl start' however this returns

[root@clkweb01 bin]# pwd
/usr/local/apache2/bin
[root@clkweb01 bin]# apachectl start
bash: apachectl: command not found
[root@clkweb01 bin]# ll
total 1864
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104972 Mar 12 21:10 ab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7706 Mar 16 04:14 apachectl

I have also tried 'httpd start' this also generated errors

[root@clkweb01 root]# httpd start
Syntax error on line 60 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /home/

http://www/modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

into server: /home/

http://www/modulesy

Any ideas?

Jonathan

 

[aixmurderer]

Firstly, you either need to type "./apachectl start" (to tell the shell the file in the local directory and not to search in the environment path) when you are in the /usr/local/apache2/bin/ directory, or alternatively run it with the full path: "/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start"

A few questions:
What distribution and version?
Did you install the httpd server at OS installation time or as an rpm later on?
Did you install Apache afterwards from a tarball?

Your problems seems like you may have done that, the http rpm installs in different directories than the tarball.

IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[jdeane]

Thanks that worked.

Running RedHat 7.2 which was installed using the Dell server quick start, I then enabled telnet which at that point a guy in the U.S. came on and set the whole box up.

Thanks

Jonathan

 

[bgarlock]

Also, you can start apache by:

'service httpd start' under RH 7.2 Bruce Garlock
bruceg@tiac.net

http://bruceg.dyndns.org

 

[krischrist]

Hi,
try
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
or stop/restart
regards
Krischrist

http://krischrist-quest.tripod.com

 

[dhardison]

1.) Turn telnet off as quickly as possible.
2.) Configure and use ssh.

3.) Have you checked httpd.conf? You mentioned a syntax error in your first post.

>[root@clkweb01 root]# httpd start
>Syntax error on line 60 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
>Cannot load /home/

http://www/modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

into >server: /home/

http://www/modulesy

Do you have a module named mod_vhost_alias.so ?
Is apache configured to load modules from /home/

http://www/modules?