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I have never faced this issue before , but on this fresh install of CentOS 8 and apache 2.4 , I am trying to add new virtual host in vhost.conf file in the /etc/httpd/conf.d/, as below
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName db.example.com
ServerAlias db.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/share/mysite
<Directory /usr/share/mysite>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I tested config
#apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
But still when this is present in conf.d , server throws HTTP 500 error. When I remove this file and restart server , welcome page is shown.
I am totally lost here , please help
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Answers
This was sad but I had to move back to CentOS 7 due to to time constraint. Used same configurations there and it worked with a charm.
In centos 8, it was reading the configurations, as I had spell mistake in path in the .conf file for which apache threw the error (file not found) . But moment it was corrected it again threw error 500.
Then I had to revert to centos 7 and all worked , I saved lot of time.
Add virtual host on /sites-available, create a site.conf inside then do a2ensite site.conf
follow this tutorial for exact steps
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-centos-7