second virtualhost causes apache2 failure

Question

This on a Raspberry Pi 2. When I add a second virtual host to the 000-default.conf file, and restart apache2, it gives me this error:

[....] Restarting apache2 (via systemctl): apache2.serviceJob for apache2.service failed. See 'systemctl status apache2.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
failed!

When I run systemctl status apache2.service, it gives me

● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server
  Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2)
  Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2016-09-05 22:52:11 MDT; 2min 34s ago
Process: 584 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

My 000-default.conf file (first virtual host works just fine by-itself):

<VirtualHost *:80>
         ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
         DocumentRoot /home/pi/public_html
         #LogLevel info ssl:warn                                                                                          

         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
         ServerName alexspi2.local
         ServerAdmin (email address, not shown for privacy)
         DocumentRoot /home/pi/public_html
         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
         SSLEngine on
         SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ss1/ca.crt
         SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ca.key
</VirtualHost>
# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

I don't know what is wrong with the second part.

Can you add more details from /var/log/apache/error.log – Varad A G Sep 06 '16 at 06:40 — Varad A G, Sep 06 '16 at 06:40
I think this question is better off in ServerFault – Aloha Sep 06 '16 at 15:05 — Aloha, Sep 06 '16 at 15:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '16 at 17:32

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Create a different conf file for the second virtualhost and put it in /etc/apache2/sites-available

and run

$ sudo a2ensite
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo service apache2 restart

will enable the new conf file
will enable rewrite module to allow filepath access
restart apache

Also

apachectl -t

to check for config syntax

answered Sep 06 '16 at 17:32

Vimal

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The last part was useful. Turns out that the virtual host pointed to a directory for the keys that didn't exist. (Accidentally put a 1 where there should be a L). – user3273814 Sep 09 '16 at 03:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '16 at 18:08

Firstly you should troubleshot the the problem by analyzing the:

output of journalctl -xn
output of journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=apache2.service
the log file as @Varad A.G. suggested

Your second <virtualhost>section which matches for 443 Port should be supported by a global Listen [IP:]443directive too. In default, apache already has Listen 80 global directive within main configuration, that is why the first one works.

And also as @Cunningham's Lawyer stated, that question should be asked to Server Fault

second virtualhost causes apache2 failure

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