httpd service fails to start due to timeout

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Issue

The httpd service fails to start, reporting a timeout:

Jun 11 17:27:30 hostname systemd: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Jun 11 17:39:54 hostname systemd: httpd.service start operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 11 17:41:25 hostname systemd: httpd.service stop-final-sigterm timed out. Killing.
Jun 11 17:41:25 hostname systemd: httpd.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=9/KILL
Jun 11 17:41:25 hostname systemd: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server
Jun 11 17:41:25 hostname systemd: Unit httpd.service entered failed state.
Jun 11 17:41:25 hostname systemd: httpd.service failed.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
httpd

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