apache2 cannot be restarted :Action 'start' failed

Question

I have a linux server that contains many websites under vhosts, once I deleted an alt site the apache2 coud not be restarted indecating this message in the error log:

  #eror log
(2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /var/www/vhosts/deleted_Site/logs/error.log.
Unable to open logs

How can I stop that so I can start my apache2

Answer 1

您应该修改apache配置，例如在conf.d /中，所有与您的旧网站相关的配置，尤其是对于错误日志（请在conf文件apache2.conf，httpd中的某个位置查找访问日志和错误日志指令规范）。 conf，启用站点的功能，mods或它的位置/位置）。

Answer 2

To resolve this error, you need to stop other process using same port. In some of cases it is nginx. you can stop it

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx stop