[webmin-l] Apache dies within 1 to 2 minutes or starting. (Old installation, nothing changed)

Wise ones,

I have run into an issue where Apache dies after about 2 mins of 
starting. This happens in Virtualmin and Webmin (and command line using 
systemctl). As far as I know I have not touched anything to do with 
Apache,or it's config files. If I do a test of Apache configuration it 
all runs through with no issues reported.

However, if I run from the command line >> httpd -DFOREGROUND (-e debug) 
(obviously no brackets), Apache runs with no issues at all. I don't have 
the knowledge to know what the difference is between running httpd 
-DFOREGROUND and systemctl start httpd.service

I have spend hours on this now trying to find help. To no avail.

Changes I made yesterday. Converted Fail2ban to use ipsets and 
integrated with Shorewall. Followed an on-line tutorial.

Here's what happens, I've removed all the system prompts.


systemctl start httpd
Job for httpd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the 
control process. See "systemctl status httpd.service" and "journalctl 
-xe" for details.

First thing to check

systemctl status httpd.service
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: failed (Result: signal) since Mon 2017-02-20 16:40:43 MST; 
5min ago
      Docs: man:httpd(8)
            man:apachectl(8)
   Process: 18576 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND 
(code=killed, signal=KILL)
  Main PID: 18576 (code=killed, signal=KILL)
    CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service

  suexec[18597]: uid: (501/gallery) gid: (501/gallery) cmd: php5.fcgi  
<< Note. Sometimes you only get one line. Once I had none.
  suexec[18632]: uid: (506/serendipity) gid: (505/serendipity) cmd: 
php5.fcgi


2nd thing to check. (I've made bold what I believe to be a real clue).

journalctl -xe
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
  systemd[1]: Received SIGCHLD from PID 18586 (httpd).
  systemd[1]: Child 18586 (httpd) died (code=killed, status=9/KILL)
  systemd[1]: Child 18586 belongs to httpd.service
* systemd[1]: httpd.service: cgroup is empty*
  systemd[1]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged cookie=47
  systemd[1]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged cookie=47
  systemd-logind[745]: Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 
destination=n/a object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
  systemd-logind[745]: Got message type=signal sender=:1.1 
destination=n/a object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/httpd_2eservice 
interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member=PropertiesChanged
* systemd[1]: Got cgroup empty notification for: 
/system.slice/httpd.service**
** systemd[1]: httpd.service: cgroup is empty*
  systemd[1]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a 
object=/org/freedesktop/systemd1/agent 
interface=org.freedesktop.systemd1.Agent member=Released cookie=4714 
reply_cookie=0 error=n
  systemd[1]: Received SIGCHLD from PID 18771 (less).
  systemd[1]: Child 18771 (less) died (code=exited, 
status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT)

Can anyone help?

Many Thanks, Nigel Aves.


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