Apache httpd does not start with error "DocumentRoot must be a directory"
Issue
- Apache webserver fails to start on booting, as well as with
service httpd restart, with the following error:
# service httpd start
Starting httpd: Warning: DocumentRoot [/xxx/yyy] does not exist
Syntax error on line 287 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory
[FAILED]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
httpdApache Web Server
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