I found the problem as soon as i sent the message ;) it was an issue with my first vhost entry as it was rewriting to an itools (www.hforge.org) server on port 8080, but at the time it was not up and running. I assumed that the apache will still work as it will read the first entry on the httpd.conf file, but now i know that i have to make a virual host entry for this in the httpd-vhosts.conf Thanks for the reply. Norman On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:35 PM, André Warnier<aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Norman Khine wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I have an issue with Apache in that when I enable vhosts I get this 503 >> error: >> >> -- >> Service Temporarily Unavailable >> >> The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to >> maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. >> -- >> >> If I disable >> >> # Virtual hosts >> Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf >> >> All works fine. >> >> But as soon as I enable it, I get the "The server is temporarily >> unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity >> problems. Please try again later." >> >> Here are my configuration options: >> >> $ ./configure --enable-cgi --enable-vhost-alias --enable-rewrite >> --enable-proxy --enable-headers >> >> $ /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -V >> Server version: Apache/2.2.12 (Unix) >> Server built: Jul 29 2009 22:27:22 >> Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:23 >> Server loaded: APR 1.3.7, APR-Util 1.3.8 >> Compiled using: APR 1.3.7, APR-Util 1.3.8 >> Architecture: 32-bit >> Server MPM: Prefork >> threaded: no >> forked: yes (variable process count) >> Server compiled with.... >> -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork" >> -D APR_HAS_MMAP >> -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) >> -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE >> -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE >> -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT >> -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD >> -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS >> -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128 >> -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/local/apache2" >> -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/local/apache2/bin/suexec" >> -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid" >> -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" >> -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="logs/accept.lock" >> -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" >> -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" >> -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" >> >> I am on OS X 10.4.11 >> >> Is there a way to check what the problem is? >> > Yes. > Turn your vhosts back on, and enter > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -t > > or try to start Apache, and then look at the logfile error.log. > > In all likelihood, one of the above will tell you what is wrong. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx