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BenMorel
Asked: 2013-10-10 10:19:57 +0800 CST

Why doesn't Apache log startup errors on Windows?

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I'm using Zend Server CE on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, and I'm trying to activate HTTPS with a self-signed certificate.

I uncommented this line in httpd.conf:

Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

I copied my server.crt and server.key to the conf directory, and then tried to restart Apache via the Apache Monitor. But then got a pop-up message saying:

The requested operation has failed!

I then headed to logs/error.log, but the most recent entry is more than 1 hour old and does not match the current problem at all.

Why isn't the cause of the error logged in error.log? Where should I look for it instead?

apache-2.2

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  1. Best Answer

    I found the cause of the problem simply by typing httpd on the Windows command line:

    c:\>httpd
Syntax error on line 56 of C:/Program Files (x86)/Zend/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:
SSLSessionCache: Invalid argument: size has to be >= 8192 bytes

    Still wondering why this is not logged to error.log, but at least I now have a way to know what's wrong.

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