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Bruno Francisco
Bruno Francisco

Reputation: 4220

Apache2 SSL "Action 'start' failed" The apache error log may have more information

I have a fully working apache2 server with moodle installed. I'm trying to get the frontpage/entire site to work with ssl. When i try to start apache2 with "apachectl start" i get the error:

Action 'start' failed. Theapache error log may have more information

/var/log/apache2/access.log:

... "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.4.10 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.0.1f (Internal dummy connection)

The rest of the file is just http GET requests.

/etc/apache2/sites-enable/000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:443>


  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/moodle
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile /home/osboxes/CertificadosSSL/test.csr
  SSLCertificaKeyFile /home/osboxes/CertificadosSSL/test.key

  ErrorLog ....
  CustomLog ....
</VirtualHost>

I'm new to apache. If there is any vital information vital missing let me know. Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 15292

Answers (1)

Micha Somers
Micha Somers

Reputation: 61

The error message isn't clear about it, but apache2 could not restart because your /etc/apache2/sites-enable/000-default.conf contains a typo and is not able to locate your certificate key file:

Repair it by changing SSLCertificaKeyFile to: SSLCertificateKeyFile

After changing this file, try to restart apache2.

Upvotes: 2

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