Apache HTTPD Not Starting With The Error The Security Password Entered is Incorrect

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Issue

  • We are in the process of upgrading our systems from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8. However, the httpd service is failing to start on the target servers, which is currently blocking our RHEL 8 upgrade process.

    [Sun Jan 01 00:00:00.000000 1900] [core:notice] [pid 000000] SELinux policy enabled; httpd running as context system_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
    [Sun Jan 01 00:00:00.000000 1900] [suexec:notice] [pid 000000] AH01232: suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
    [Sun Jan 01 00:00:00.000000 1900] [:error] [pid 000000] Password for slot internal is incorrect.
    [Sun Jan 01 00:00:00.000000 1900] [:error] [pid 000000] NSS initialization failed. Certificate database: /etc/httpd/alias.
    [Sun Jan 01 00:00:00.000000 1900] [:error] [pid 000000] SSL Library Error: -8177 The security password entered is incorrect
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Apache Web Server (HTTPD)
    • mod_nss

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