Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name

I have just installed Apache 2.2.17, and I am using it first time.

Now when I try to start the server using the command service httpd start it gives me the message:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName

Now I think I have to set ServerName and the IP address as I search through Google. But I don't know in which file I have to set.

How can I fix this problem?

Solution 1:

1. sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
2. Insert the following line at the httpd.conf: ServerName localhost
3. Just restart the Apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Solution 2:

Yes, you should set ServerName:

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/CouldNotDetermineServerName

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#servername

You can find information on the layouts used by the various httpd distributions here:

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/DistrosDefaultLayout

In your case the file to edit is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Solution 3:

I was NOT getting the ServerName wrong. Inside your VirtualHost configuration that is causing this warning message, it is the generic one near the top of your httpd.conf which is by default commented out.

Change

#ServerName www.example.com:80

to:

  ServerName 127.0.0.1:80

Solution 4:

Under Debian Squeeze;

1. Edit Apache2 conf file : vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
2. Insert the following line at the apache2.conf: ServerName localhost
3. Restart Apache2: apache2ctl restart or /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Should work fine (it did solve the problem in my case)

tks noodl for the link on the different layouts. :)