Apache not starting on CentOS 7

scottalanmiller

What is the status of this file: /etc/httpd/ssl/oc.acidist.com.crt

JaredBusch

What is the status of this file: /etc/httpd/ssl/oc.acidist.com.crt

Not sure what you mean.. ls -l results in this

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2102 Jan  3 01:06 oc.acidist.com.crt

as note in the text above.

scottalanmiller

If you look in the file, it looks normal?

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

If you look in the file, it looks normal?

Yes. looks like a normal cert..

[root@oc ssl]# cat oc.acidist.com.crt
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIF4jCCBMqgAwIBAgIQIyVm8Bdz9GRKswiZTiYtUzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADB4

#snipped a bunch out of the middle..

Y3PBtYhJyVJ3Gh8sClT+XGS7WK8mSg==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
[root@oc ssl]#

scottalanmiller

Yeah, doesn't look corrupt, hmmm...

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

Yeah, doesn't look corrupt, hmmm...

I grabbed the entire thing and dumped it into notepad++ and saved it as test.crt on my desktop.. it is valid.

https://i.imgur.com/vHrmSjv.jpg

JaredBusch

I realized, OpenSSL updated in that last yum update. wonder if it broke something.

This is a pretty basic install.

scottalanmiller

Seems likely under the circumstances.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

Seems likely under the circumstances.

I just turned off SSL and it httpd started.

but all clients for ownCloud use https.. /sigh...

dafyre

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Seems likely under the circumstances.

I just turned off SSL and it httpd started.

but all clients for ownCloud use https.. /sigh...

I'm using Letsencrypt for my ownCloud [personal] set up. It works great!

JaredBusch

@dafyre said:

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Seems likely under the circumstances.

I just turned off SSL and it httpd started.

but all clients for ownCloud use https.. /sigh...

I'm using Letsencrypt for my ownCloud [personal] set up. It works great!

I am doing so also, but this specific system is actually not accessible off network (at this time). So I chose to use a StartSSL certificate.

JaredBusch

I have not gotten back to this yet. I just updated a couple users to use http for the short term. this is on my today or tomorrow list depending on how today goes.

JaredBusch

This has magically resolved itself.

I was finally able to come back to this tonight. Prior to doing anything, I

rebooted the server again.
ensured ownCloud was working via http.
uncommented the certificates in ssl.conf
restarted httpd
it successfully restart.

I changed nothing in the last week. I never even logged into the damned server.

I don't need this shit. I need to know what is happening so that when I reboot again next month, I can be confident the damned thing comes up.

scottalanmiller

Nothing scarier than things that fix themselves

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

Nothing scarier than things that fix themselves

Seriously upset about this. I will be rebooting the machine a few times today trying to make it do it again.

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