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[HELP] Apache service cannot restart

kadoudal

Regular Pleskian
I get : websrvmng: Service /etc/init.d/apache2 failed to restart

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a -v is Ok

apache2ctl configtest
Syntax OK

but then
# apache2ctl start
# apache2ctl graceful
httpd not running, trying to start

error.log is empty

cannot find where to start looking for the problem ...

help welcome !!
 
Hello,

Try to perform the following command:

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# strace -o apache.log -f /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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Then you can check the strace log file (apache.log) and find out what causes this issue:

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# less apache.log

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