Under an Xampp install, I modify the apache httpd-vhosts.conf file and then my Apache server will not start

Question

I have read all the articles but still must be doing something wrong... I modified the httpd-vhosts.conf file to access the project I am working on... I have tried many different configurations and none work. My apache service will not start (I am on Windows 7)... any ideas would be helpful - here is the code I added to the conf file: DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs" ServerName localhost DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/socengv1" ServerName socengv1.local

I have also tried this with NameVirtualHost *:80 command with no difference to note.

Answer 1

First;

add port to your ServerName

< VirtualHost *:80 >  
    DocumentRoot C:/server/htdocs  
    ServerName localhost:80   
< /VirtualHost >

Second Chance, give a different name to ServerName and add the ServerName to the windows hosts file, this is located in “C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts”. Open the file in Notepad and simply add;

127.0.0.1       localhost  
127.0.0.1       urServerName

Also add to check errors;

ErrorLog        ErrorLog @rel_logfiledir@/urServerName-error_log  

Answer 2

Go to this link and I you will find the solution in my case it was SQL

How to Solve Port 80 Problems When Running Apache on Windows

Answer 3

Remember, logs directory must exist before start server.