The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 13.1 Apache does not start

I was delighted to find HowtoForge Linux tutorial The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 13.1 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-server-opensuse-13.1-with-apache2-mysql-php-postfix-and-ispconfig-3 and I am following it as closely as I can.

Because I had no static IP, I skipped step 4 Configure The Network Settings on page 3 http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-server-opensuse-13.1-with-apache2-mysql-php-postfix-and-ispconfig-3-p3, leaving the system configured to get the IP address with DHCP (I DID turn off the firewall, tho).

On page 4 I installed Apache 2, PHP 5, the Python mod & PHPMyAdmin. I edited /etc/apache2/httpd.conf as directed and tried starting Apache: it failed to start.

Running

Code:

# systemctl status apache2.service -l

produced [inter alia] the information:-

Line 48 of /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf says:-

Code:

SSLSessionCache		shmcb:/var/lib/apache2/ssl__scache(512000)

Googling "SSLSessionCache: 'shmcb' session cache not supported" found this Stackoverflow post:-

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20127138/apache-2-4-configuration-for-ssl-not-working

This post mentions that, for Apache 2.4, config file httpd.conf contains a commented line:-

Code:

LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so

and that uncommenting the above line should fix the problem [of not supporting 'shmcb' session cache]

I found no such line in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf in my OpenSUSE 13.1

This one error seems to be the only thing preventing Apache from starting.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

TIA

 

Thanks Till

I didn't know if the socache_shmcb_module was needed.

I commented out

Code:

LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so

in /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf and Apache successfully restarted!

Best regards

Guy