[SOLVED]httpd.service fails after configuring SSL

CarterCox · 2018-05-17 02:30:42

Hello! So I have followed this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ap … #TLS.2FSSL
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ap … ertificate

And I obtained the required files, then "pointed" to them in the required files. I didn't do the CSR steps, which means:

I uncommented

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so
Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

I ran

# cd /etc/httpd/conf
# openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout server.key -out server.crt -days 1095
# chmod 400 server.key

And completed the required information. Thus, I modified the file in "/etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf" like so;

...
SSLCertificateFile "/etc/httpd/conf/server.crt"
...
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/httpd/conf/server.key"
...

And now as the title says, the service fails. Before that everything worked perfectly.

What did I miss?

Error logs:

$ cat /var/log/httpd/error_log 
[Wed May 16 23:05:02.217456 2018] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 2424] AH00163: Apache/2.4.33 (Unix) PHP/7.2.5 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed May 16 23:05:02.217573 2018] [core:notice] [pid 2424] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/bin/httpd -D FOREGROUND'
[Wed May 16 23:07:53.317126 2018] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 2424] AH00170: caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Wed May 16 23:08:34.790934 2018] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 794] AH00163: Apache/2.4.33 (Unix) PHP/7.2.5 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed May 16 23:08:34.806875 2018] [core:notice] [pid 794] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/bin/httpd -D FOREGROUND'
[Wed May 16 23:14:24.664494 2018] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 794] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down

SOLVED

It was a syntax error. Apparently you can't use comments on the side of the text in httpd.conf, like:

LoadModule ... #hello

Last edited by CarterCox (2018-05-17 12:41:32)

loqs · 2018-05-17 02:44:47

Apache_HTTP_Server#Apache_Status_and_Logs What does the log show?

CarterCox · 2018-05-17 02:57:04

loqs wrote:

Apache_HTTP_Server#Apache_Status_and_Logs What does the log show?

Probably a good idea. Added it to the OP for newcomers.

seth · 2018-05-17 06:12:30

How does the service "fail" (status?)
Is there only the error log?
Whom does the certificate belong to and as what user do you run httpd?

CarterCox · 2018-05-17 11:34:01

seth wrote:

How does the service "fail" (status?)
Is there only the error log?
Whom does the certificate belong to and as what user do you run httpd?

I think this is what you mean:

$ systemctl --failed
UNIT          LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION                                       
● httpd.service loaded failed failed Apache Web Server

There is also "access_log": https://pastebin.com/raw/w2pdLtvh

And I'm running it as root I guess. I used:

# systemctl enable httpd.service

Oh sorry, the key file belongs to root with permission 400.

Last edited by CarterCox (2018-05-17 11:34:52)

WorMzy · 2018-05-17 12:15:57

Check

journalctl -u httpd.service

to see why the service is failing.

seth · 2018-05-17 12:35:34

And/or "systemctl status httpd".
Also

I'm running it as root I guess.

don't guess, look. I guess not.

CarterCox · 2018-05-17 12:41:00

Added the stupid solution on the OP.

Thanks everyone.

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#1 2018-05-17 02:30:42

[SOLVED]httpd.service fails after configuring SSL

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