Why does Server Admin not show Web anymore?

[Markus Ruggiero]

On 17.01.2007, at 20:36, Dan Shoop wrote:

> At 5:29 PM +0100 1/17/07, Markus Ruggiero wrote:
>> I was playing with the Application Server in Tiger Server 10.4.8.  
>> Just for a first test I startet it from ServerAdmin.app with the  
>> setting "Tomcat only". This worked and I could access the default  
>> page on port 8080. But then I had to run away because of some time  
>> constraints, so I simply stopped the Application Service from  
>> ServerAdmin.app and then realised that ServerAdmin.app showed Web  
>> service as not available. So I cannot access any Apache config  
>> from the ServerAdmin.app anymore, neither are there any logs  
>> visible, not even a "Settings" tab and the Start Service button is  
>> greyed out. However the server runs and is reachable from the  
>> outside with everything. Even after a reboot of the server machine  
>> the state is the same.
>>
>> What can cause ServerAdmin.app to not recognise the Web service  
>> anymore and how can I fix this? Have not found anything in the  
>> server docs.
>
> What does `apachectl --configtest` say?
>

It tells me that everything is OK
# apachectl configtest
Processing config directory: /etc/httpd/sites/*.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/ 
0001_192.168.56.101_80_rucotec.ch.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/ 
0002_192.168.56.101_80_ruggiero.ch.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/0003_192.168.56.101_80_egge- 
muttenz.ch.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/ 
0004_192.168.56.101_80_blindpromo.com.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/0005_192.168.56.101_80_it- 
teachers.ch.conf
Processing config file: /etc/httpd/sites/virtual_host_global.conf
[Wed Jan 17 22:39:16 2007] [warn] module WebObjects_module is already  
loaded, skipping
Syntax OK
#

> Is the Web service not listed in Server Admin or is it just failing  
> to become active?
>

In the left pane where all the services are listed Web has a _dark_  
grey button. No started services have a lighter grey button, started  
services are green. When I select the Web service in the right pane  
detail view is shown. At the top it reads Web Service is: not  
available. At the bottom there are only 3 tabs (Overview, Logs, and  
Graphs) while the Configure tab is missing completely. At the very  
top of the window in the button bar the Start Service button is  
inactive (grayed out) and cannot be clicked.

May! what did I break here? I can manually start/stop Apache from the  
command line and everything is fine. All the virtual hosts are  
reachable and everything looks good. Just ServerAdmin.app does not  
see the service.

---markus---

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