[JD Austin]

Look in the other error log (https).  I've seen Apache refuse to start if
there was a mis-match in the certificate.

-- JD Austin
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jd at twingeckos.com



On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:05 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm run a web server out of my home office.  It is CentOS 6.x with no real
> modifications.  It is a standard LAMP config.  It has been running since
> March w/o any issues.
>
> All of a sudden Apache shutdown.
>
> When I run /etc/init.d/httpd start the only response is [FAILED] same for
> /etc/init.d/httpd stop
>
> apachectl configtest returns "Syntax OK".
>
> I found these in the /var/lib/httpd/error_log  ( read this has to do with
> the SSL)
>
> [Sun Oct 20 03:37:44 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest
> authentication ...
> [Sun Oct 20 03:37:44 2013] [notice] Digest: done
> [Sun Oct 20 20:47:53 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 20:48:07 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 20:55:14 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 20:58:36 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:01:34 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:11:18 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:11:30 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:12:07 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:14:34 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:15:22 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:17:26 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Sun Oct 20 22:17:26 2013] [info] Init: Initialized OpenSSL library
> [Mon Oct 21 07:41:11 2013] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
>
>
> I don't know what to make of this /var/log/messages :  ( I read this has
> to do with IPv6)
>
> Oct 20 03:37:44 E520 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd"
> swVersion="5.8.10" x-pid="1212" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd
> was HUPed
> Oct 20 03:37:44 E520 named[19169]: error (network unreachable) resolving
> '30.233.143.188.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': 2001:660:3006:1::1:1#53
> Oct 20 03:37:44 E520 named[19169]: error (network unreachable) resolving
> '30.233.143.188.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': 2001:dc0:2001:a:4608::59#53
> Oct 20 03:37:45 E520 named[19169]: error (network unreachable) resolving
> '13.113.153.194.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': 2001:660:3006:1::1:1#53
> Oct 20 03:37:45 E520 named[19169]: error (network unreachable) resolving
> '13.113.153.194.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': 2001:500:2e::1#53
> Oct 20 03:37:45 E520 named[19169]: error (network unreachable) resolving
> '13.113.153.194.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': 2001:dc0:2001:a:4608::59#53
>
> There is a whole bunch of these.
>
> Dig returns what appears to be the correct DNS.
>
> There is lots of disk space.
>
> The last 3 changes I made were  7-10 days ago.
>
> Last change was to run
>
> cd /etc/pki/tls/certs
> ./make-dummy-cert localhost.crt
>
> I did that because I was trying to configure a new website.  I had done
> the Apache part weeks before and the site was working.  I wanted to add
> some email accounts.  I'm running Postfix with Dovecot.
> So I added the email accounts in the config and when I went to add them to
> my Thunderbird, I received an error because the SSL was expired.  I am
> using a self signed SSL.
>
> A little research brought me to
>
> cd /etc/pki/tls/certs
> ./make-dummy-cert localhost.crt
>
> However that was 7 - 10 days before Apache just up and stopped.
>
> I am running this server as a learning experience.  Someone helped me with
> the Bind config and the Postfix/Dovecot config.
>
> I rebooted the server last night in the hopes that something was corrupted
> and would be fixed by a reboot.  No such luck.
>
> I am at loss for what to look at next.
>
> Thank you very much for all your help!!
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
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