Unable to Start Apache with reqtimeout_module Enabled

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to start Apache with reqtimeout_module enabled and with the below configuration, Apache fails to start with the following error message:
[abc@xyz ~]$ sudo service httpd start
Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 378 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: <IfModule takes one argument, Container for directives based on existance of specified modules

<IfModule reqtimeout_module>
 RequestReadTimeout header=10-20,minrate=500
 RequestReadTimeout body=10,minrate=500
</IfModule>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 6.x
    • Apache (httpd)

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