[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Help: "apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file"

[Bill Erickson]

On 2/3/07, Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm... accidentally hit "send" before finishing! ;)
>
> Anyway, I'm guessing that Apache was installed as a package.  It's
> likely that some option compiled in to this package is missing or
> incompatible with the Evergreen configuration.
>
> There have been, in the past, reported issues of Evergreen on Apache
> 2.2.  If this is what you're using, you may want to consider
> "downgrading" to 2.0.  One of the developers may be able to elaborate
> on the Apache 2.2 incompatibility (Mike? Jason? Bill?).


Actually, we started using Apache 2.2 recently to pick up some additional
caching/proxying options that are not required by the ILS.  Both 2.0
and 2.2should work fine.


Regarding the empty httpd.conf, it may be that this is stored in a
> non-standard location.  Some binary packages use a non-default
> configuration type.  An example I've seen is the use of a small
> configuration called by the init file, and this configuration file
> calls other configuration files in an attempt to make a modular-type
> config system.


This is essentially the culprit here.  More below...


I prefer to build apache 2.0 from source vs. trying to adopt a
> pre-compiled binary.  The Dokuwiki explains the configuration steps
> necessary to compile Apache from source.
>
> Pending responses to questions in previous e-mail, somebody with
> experience in configurations similar to yours may be able to respond
> in the next couple of days.
>
> Hope this helps, and good luck!
> --Don
>
> On 2/3/07, Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Grace:
> >
> > Just a couple questions that may help diagnose (and resolve) the issue:
> >
> > 1) What version of Apache (2.0 or 2.2? What build?)
> > 2) Was it built from source or from a package (IE: .tar, .deb, etc)?
> > 3) What version of Linux?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/3/07, Grace Liu <gyliu86 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm still working on Evergreen server configuration. At "Building and
> Installing the source", I have passed "make config" and "make". But when
> execute "make install", I got the error messages as follows:
> > >
> > >
> > > ..
> > > ..
> > > apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> file..
> > > apxs:Error: At least one `LoadModule' directive already has to exist..
> > > make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [gateway-install] Error 2
> > > ..
> > > ..
> > >
> > >
> > > apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> file..
> > > apxs:Error: At least one `LoadModule' directive already has to exist..
> > > make[2]: *** [mod_xmlent-install] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [mod_xmlent-install] Error 2



I believe this is a side-effect of the apxs install process.  Debian
includes an empty http.conf file as part of the distribution because
external processes (e.g. apxs) expect it to be there.  Debian, however, puts
the core config information into apache2.conf, which loads httpd.conf and
all of the requested modules from mods-[enabled/available] separately.  Long
story short, if you just load httpd.conf, like apxs does, there are no
LoadModule statements to be found.  Try adding the following to httpd.conf:

LoadModule mod_xmlent /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_xmlent.so

This should be enough for apxs to complete it's job.



> >
> > >
> > > detail messages:
> > > -------------- [ opensrf_all ]
> -------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > install-prep
> > > objson-install
> > > opensrf-install
> > > gateway-install
> > > /usr/share/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/share/apr-1.0/build/libtool'
> osrf_json_gateway.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules
> > > /usr/share/apr-1.0/build/libtool --mode=install cp
> osrf_json_gateway.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/cp osrf_json_gateway.so
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/osrf_json_gateway.so
> > > Warning!  dlname not found in
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/osrf_json_gateway.so.
> > > Assuming installing a .so rather than a libtool archive.
> > > chmod 644 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/osrf_json_gateway.so
> > > apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> file..
> > > apxs:Error: At least one `LoadModule' directive already has to exist..
> > > make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [gateway-install] Error 2
> > >
> > > -------------- [ openils_all ]
> -------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > perl-install
> > > Installing Perl modules to /openils//lib//perl5/
> > > webcore-install
> > > Copying web into /openils//var/web
> > > autojs-install
> > > mod_xmlent-install
> > > /usr/share/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/share/apr-1.0/build/libtool'
> mod_xmlent.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules
> > > /usr/share/apr-1.0/build/libtool --mode=install cp mod_xmlent.so
> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/
> > > cp mod_xmlent.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_xmlent.so
> > > Warning!  dlname not found in /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_xmlent.so.
> > > Assuming installing a .so rather than a libtool archive.
> > > chmod 644 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_xmlent.so
> > > apxs:Error: Activation failed for custom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> file..
> > > apxs:Error: At least one `LoadModule' directive already has to exist..
> > > make[2]: *** [mod_xmlent-install] Error 1
> > > make[1]: *** [mod_xmlent-install] Error 2
> > >
> > > -------------- [ evergreen_core ]
> -------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > circ-install
> > > iplist-install
> > > perl-install
> > >
> > > Now run: chown -R opensrf:opensrf /openils/
> > >
> > >
> > > The httpd.conf is empty. Does anybody know how to fix the problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Grace
> > >
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>


Thanks, Don and I hope this helps, Grace.


-bill



-- 
Bill Erickson
PINES Systems Developer
Georgia Public Library Service
billserickson at gmail.com
http://open-ils.org
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