httpd fails with "DocumentRoot must be a directory" with NFS document root

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Issue

  • Apache webserver fails to start on booting, as well as with service httpd restart, with the following error:
# service httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 293 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot must be a directory
                                                           [FAILED]
  • How can I serve a webpage in an NFS export share as a website via Apache httpd?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Apache httpd web server
  • Webserver DocumentRoot on NFS share

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