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Warning: DocumentRoot x does not exist when starting apache2

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I cloned a rackspace server which had some extra /var/www/ directories in it that I didn't want. I just wanted to delete websites that I don't need on this server. I thought that was as simple as removing the directories and all files inside each directory.

So I removed them all via command-line. I had to reboot the server. During the reboot, apache failed to start because:

DocumentRoot [/var/www/PATH/TO/DIRECTORY/] does not exist

In addition, I've got a [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts notice.

My server is running Ubuntu 11.10.

I just wanted to delete directories I wasn't using anymore. How do I clear this up?

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answered 3 Years ago oraoming · Accepted Answer

The recommended way to enable and disable Apache websites is using the a2ensite and a2dissite (short for Apache 2 Enable/Disable Site).

What these two tools do is basically adding/removing links to/from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. Such links point to /etc/apache2/sites-available.

Because you have removed the files, I'd recommend not just disabling the sites (i.e. removing the links from sites-enabled), but also remove the site configurations all toghether (i.e. removing both the links from sites-enabled and the files from sites-available).

In short, you should:

Find the sites of which you have removed the files: ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

Disable such sites: rm /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site1 /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site2

(Optional) totally remove the configuration files for such sites: rm /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1 /etc/apache2/sites-available/site2