Can not start HTTPD

Hi everyone

I have an old server running docuwiki.
There was a powercut a few days ago and since then I can not start HTTPD on the server and therefore I can not view my docuwiki pages.

The error I get is:

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 112 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:
SSLCertificateFile: file '/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt' does not exist or is empty
[FAILED]


I googled the error but nothing of the suggested solutions helped me or I propably applied them wrong.

I looked for localhosts.crt and indeed is not inside /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt. I copied the same file from another server but when I attempted to restart HTTPD, it failed again but without mentioning anything about SSL Certificates. As you can understand I don't really know what I am doing and why this localhost.crt file disappeared.

Finally I decided to follow someone's suggestion on another forum by creating a new certificate following the instructions here but with no luck:

SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: FAQ - Apache HTTP Server

Can someone please help me? If there is anything else you could suggest to me doing that would be great.

Many thanks.

Do you need to access this through ssl? Do you have a http rather than an https address to connect to the server? If so, you can temporarily turn off your ssl configuration by renaming (using the 'mv' command) the ssl.conf to something like ssl.conf.disabled, then starting your httpd service. This should then get you access to the server to edit your wiki pages.

Before you can use your ssl variant of the web site you'd need to create a new public/private key pair, then wrap the public key in a certificate. In the ssl.conf file there are lines that specify both the certificate and its matching private key. The server needs both to function - you probably just need to carefully step through the guide again and re-create them, then ensure you've put them into your ssl.conf file correctly.

When the system failed, you lost some data. Has the system run fsck on the file systems to repair them? In any case, you will need to restore the SSL certificate file. Unless it is a self-signed certificate, you will need to contact the CA (Certificate Authority) that issued it for a replacement.

Thank you both for your replies.

I use http to connect to it. Renaming ssl.conf fixed the problem. My wikipages are back.:)

Thanks a lot Roxoff
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