Thanks!!   ------------------------ Keith Smith On Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:49 PM, Eric Cope wrote: check your httpd.conf file. I recall having to set the hostname in that conf file. Eric On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:21 PM, keith smith wrote:   >Hi,  I'm configuring a VPS at DigitalOcean and after installing Apache - yum install httpd, I try to start Apache with "service httpd start"  I get the following error: > >Starting httpd: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for host.domain.tld >httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName > >If I issue "service httpd status" it returns "httpd (pid  1764) is running..." > >I've searched the net and some suggest adding my FQDN to the hosts file.  Is this the correct answer and if so do I just add a line like : host.domain.tld 255.255.255.255 where 255.255.255.255 is the IP of the VPS? > >Thank you so much for all your help!! > >Keith > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss