Apache won't start after upgrading from 06 to 07

[Guest wildbill12]

After putting in the mandriva 2007 DVD and upgrading my Mandriva 2006 install I now get an error when starting apache. I've also upgraded all the relevant packages through urpmi. Here's the error:

 

> /etc/init.d/httpd start

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 46 of /etc/httpd/modules.d/41_mod_ssl.default-vhost.conf:

SSLCertificateFile: file '/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt' does not exist or is empty

[FAILED]

 

Everything else is running smoothly after the upgrade (mysql, proftp server, etc).......

[Guest wildbill12]

well, if I comment out the line that's giving the error I get this when starting httpd:

 

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 53 of /etc/httpd/modules.d/41_mod_ssl.default-vhost.conf:

SSLCertificateKeyFile: file '/etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key' does not exist or is empty

 

Comment out that line and I get no errors, but it doesn't start:

 

> /etc/init.d/httpd start

Starting httpd: [FAILED]

 

So this must have something to do with a SSL keys.......anyone with more knowledge here that can help me??

[ianw1974]

If it was working before, then this SSL certificate should have existed. Have you checked if it still exists in this directory or not since the upgrade?

[Guest wildbill12]

Thanks for the help.

 

Nope, those certificates aren't in the directory anymore. In the /etc/pki/tls/private/ directory I have a MakeFile, make-dummy-cert, and ca-bundle.cert

 

It was working fine before the upgrade.

 

Is there anyway to create this certificates?

[Guest wildbill12]

Issue solved. Someone pointed me to this guide here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ssl/ssl_faq.html#aboutcerts and I was able to recreate the certificate and key and get the webserver back up and running.

 

Odd that they were removed in the upgrade.