Apache fail to start with the message 'starting httpd: /usr/sbin/httpd.worker: error while loading shared libraries'

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Issue

  • Apache fail to start with the following messages: 
Starting httpd: /usr/sbin/httpd.worker: error while loading shared libraries libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

OR

Starting httpd: /usr/sbin/httpd.worker: error while loading shared libraries: libaprutil-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied
  • Many of the shared libraries has wrong selinux context

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
  • RedHat JBoss Web Server
    • 2.x, 3.x

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