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undefined variables in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Server Fault Asked by lmiv on December 3, 2021

Whenever I run sudo apache2 -S on my server it throws the following error:

[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.303217 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} is not defined
[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.303414 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_PID_FILE} is not defined
[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.303503 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_RUN_USER} is not defined
[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.303577 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP} is not defined
[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.303655 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
[Sun Mar 04 16:17:22.306324 2018] [core:warn] [pid 31405:tid 140656836052864] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
AH00526: Syntax error on line 74 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
Invalid Mutex directory in argument file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}

I’ve tried several things but it keeps giving me these errors… I made some adjustments to apache2.conf but that ended up not working so I reverted my changes, tried downloading the default ennvardidn’t work

My /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file looks like this:

            # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the
            # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
            # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ for detailed information about
            # the directives and /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian about Debian specific
            # hints.
            #
            #
            # Summary of how the Apache 2 configuration works in Debian:
            # The Apache 2 web server configuration in Debian is quite different to
            # upstream's suggested way to configure the web server. This is because Debian's
            # default Apache2 installation attempts to make adding and removing modules,
            # virtual hosts, and extra configuration directives as flexible as possible, in
            # order to make automating the changes and administering the server as easy as
            # possible.

            # It is split into several files forming the configuration hierarchy outlined
            # below, all located in the /etc/apache2/ directory:
            #
            #   /etc/apache2/
            #   |-- apache2.conf
            #   |   `--  ports.conf
            #   |-- mods-enabled
            #   |   |-- *.load
            #   |   `-- *.conf
            #   |-- conf-enabled
            #   |   `-- *.conf
            #   `-- sites-enabled
            #       `-- *.conf
            #
            #
            # * apache2.conf is the main configuration file (this file). It puts the pieces
            #   together by including all remaining configuration files when starting up the
            #   web server.
            #
            # * ports.conf is always included from the main configuration file. It is
            #   supposed to determine listening ports for incoming connections which can be
            #   customized anytime.
            #
            # * Configuration files in the mods-enabled/, conf-enabled/ and sites-enabled/
            #   directories contain particular configuration snippets which manage modules,
            #   global configuration fragments, or virtual host configurations,
            #   respectively.
            #
            #   They are activated by symlinking available configuration files from their
            #   respective *-available/ counterparts. These should be managed by using our
            #   helpers a2enmod/a2dismod, a2ensite/a2dissite and a2enconf/a2disconf. See
            #   their respective man pages for detailed information.
            #
            # * The binary is called apache2. Due to the use of environment variables, in
            #   the default configuration, apache2 needs to be started/stopped with
            #   /etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl. Calling /usr/bin/apache2 directly will not
            #   work with the default configuration.


            # Global configuration
            #

            #
            # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
            # configuration, error, and log files are kept.
            #
            # NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
            # mounted filesystem then please read the Mutex documentation (available
            # at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#mutex>);
            # you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
            #
            # Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
            #
            ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

            #
            # The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.
            #
            Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default

            #
            # PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
            # identification number when it starts.
            # This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
            #
            PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}

            #
            # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
            #
            Timeout 300

            #
            # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
            # one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
            #
            KeepAlive On

            #
            # MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
            # during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
            # We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
            #
            MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

            #
            # KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
            # same client on the same connection.
            #
            KeepAliveTimeout 5


            # These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
            User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
            Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}

            #
            # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
            # e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
            # The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
            # had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
            # each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
            # nameserver.
            #
            HostnameLookups Off

            # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
            # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
            # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
            # logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
            # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
            #
            ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

            #
            # LogLevel: Control the severity of messages logged to the error_log.
            # Available values: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
            # error, crit, alert, emerg.
            # It is also possible to configure the log level for particular modules, e.g.
            # "LogLevel info ssl:warn"
            #
            LogLevel warn

            # Include module configuration:
            IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.load
            IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.conf

            # Include list of ports to listen on
            Include ports.conf


            # Sets the default security model of the Apache2 HTTPD server. It does
            # not allow access to the root filesystem outside of /usr/share and /var/www.
            # The former is used by web applications packaged in Debian,
            # the latter may be used for local directories served by the web server. If
            # your system is serving content from a sub-directory in /srv you must allow
            # access here, or in any related virtual host.
            <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
                Require all denied
            </Directory>

            <Directory /usr/share>
                AllowOverride None
                Require all granted
            </Directory>

            <Directory /var/www/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
                Require all granted
            </Directory>

            #<Directory /srv/>
            #   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            #   AllowOverride None
            #   Require all granted
                IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf
            #</Directory>




            # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
            # for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride
            # directive.
            #
            AccessFileName .htaccess

            #
            # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
            # viewed by Web clients.
            #
            <FilesMatch "^.ht">
                Require all denied
            </FilesMatch>


            #
            # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
            # a CustomLog directive.
            #
            # These deviate from the Common Log Format definitions in that they use %O
            # (the actual bytes sent including headers) instead of %b (the size of the
            # requested file), because the latter makes it impossible to detect partial
            # requests.
            #
            # Note that the use of %{X-Forwarded-For}i instead of %h is not recommended.
            # Use mod_remoteip instead.
            #
            LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t "%r" %>s %O "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i"" vhost_combined
            LogFormat "%h %l %u %t "%r" %>s %O "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i"" combined
            LogFormat "%h %l %u %t "%r" %>s %O" common
            LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
            LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

            # Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
            # see README.Debian for details.

            # Include generic snippets of statements
            IncludeOptional conf-enabled/*.conf

            # Include the virtual host configurations:
            IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf

            # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

What could be the problem, what am I missing?

This post is a continuation of this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49085166/virtualhost-apache-on-ubuntu-server-not-working

EDIT

I added this to my envvars file:

export APACHE_RUN_USER=www-data
export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data

This fixed once error but now I still get these errors:

    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.978727 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_PID_FILE} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.978953 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_RUN_USER} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.979024 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.979109 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.982417 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150:tid 140490114955136] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.982709 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150:tid 140490114955136] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
    [Mon Mar 05 17:52:45.982771 2018] [core:warn] [pid 9150:tid 140490114955136] AH00111: Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not defined
    AH00543: apache2: bad user name ${APACHE_RUN_USER}

2 Answers

You can also set those variables in the start script as part of the users env. Same with Systemd.

Answered by Gothrek on December 3, 2021

Apache is complaining that the environment variables that are usually defined in /etc/apache2/envvars aren't defined. The startup script for apache2 runs that file if it's present, to set APACHE_LOCK_DIR and friends.

If your file in /etc/apache2 is really named envvar and not envvars, then that's your problem.

Answered by Andrew Schulman on December 3, 2021

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