Apache HTTPD not Starting With Invalid Command IndexOptions

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • I can't start httpd with service httpd start:

    # service httpd status
    Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status httpd.service
    ● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-11-05 11:31:41 EDT; 1s ago
         Docs: man:httpd(8)
               man:apachectl(8)
      Process: 17601 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
     Main PID: 17601 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
    
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 httpd[17601]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 16 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/autoindex.conf:
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 httpd[17601]: Invalid command 'IndexOptions', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 systemd[1]: httpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state.
    Nov 05 11:31:41 Mellon-02 systemd[1]: httpd.service failed.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL)
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services (JWS)
  • Apache Web Server (HTTPD)

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