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how to diagnose Apache2.4 service error 7024 Incorrect function

System:

  • Windows 10 x64 (enterprise computer with some restrictions)
  • Apache 2.4 64-bit
  • Python 3.7.1 64-bit
  • mod_wsgi (built today from github using python setup.py install)

I am working on getting an Apache server with Python on a Windows machine and I have the server configured correctly in order to get the Hello World! example from mod_wsig documentation working.

If I simply launch C:Apache24binhttpd.exe, this works and I see Hello World at http://localhost:5000/

Then I wanted to get it running as a service, so I call

httpd.exe -k install

In the ApacheMonitor I start the new Apache2.4 service but I get a failed to start error. In the Windows system event log it says Event ID: 7024 with a service specific error: Incorrect function.

When I run httpd.exe -k start -n "Apache2.4" -t it says Syntax OK

What I can’t find is any more information about the service error. Nothing populates in the error.log file and I don’t know where else to look, and I am asking for any further information on how to diagnose this.

Before I started configuring Apache to use mod_wsgi, launching the service was successful, so this happened after doing that, and I haven’t configured anything else at this point.

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  1. 0

    Go to the Command Prompt move to the apache/bin folder and type

    >httpd -t

    This will give you more information about the error preventing Apache from start.

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  2. 0

    I was getting this error after updating my httpd.conf file. The problem was that my final xml tag in httpd.conf was unclosed </directory without the closing >.

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  3. 0

    This days I was facing the same situation, windows 10, apache24, django app, python3.8, failing to start as service, service events showing error 7024…

    So, after a lot of struggling and research, I would like to add my solution even this is an old question.

    The solution was to add two environment variables, no in httpd.conf, not in python code/conf but at SO level (windows > environment variables)

    PYTHONHOME = c:yourpathtoinstalledpython

    PYTHONPATH = c:yourpathtoinstalledvirtualenv

    And magic! apache now works as service and the django app is always available on localhost

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