Virtual Private Server User Guide

The Apache Web Server

Creating Your Own Apache Modules

Although it is beyond the scope of this guide, it is possible for you to create your 

own Apache modules and then load them as a DSO through modification to your 

configuration files. For more information about creating your own Apache 

modules, please refer to the Apache documentation at 

http://www.apache.org

, or 

the man page on the apxs command.

Troubleshooting Apache

If you encounter difficulties with Apache or are unable to get it to start, the best 

place to look for clues about what is wrong is in your server wide error log. This 

log is located in the /www/logs/ directory and is simply called error_log. Using the 

more or tail commands to examine the text in this log file will usually tell you what 

is wrong so that you can get the problem corrected. You can also find information 

in the Web site specific log files that reside in the logs subdirectory for a specific 

virtual host. 

The apachectl configtest command can also be used to help find issues caused 

by errors in Apache's configuration files.

Technical Training Department

August 2004

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