Apache restart not working properly?

Question

I'm newbie to ubuntu. And I'll install the lamp and phpmyadmin its also working fine, but my problem is when I trying to restart the service of apache2 is not restarting good, its says looks like,

   ubuntu@P3-SD1:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

   * Restarting web server apache2                                                    [Tue Jul 01 18:59:36.992771 2014] [alias:warn] 
    [pid 23365] AH00671: The Alias directive in /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.   
                                                                           [ OK ]

Then I try check the http://localhost and http://localhost/phpmyadmin and phpinfo() all of them working fine...

I'm trying to fix, And remove the line 3 of following directory /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf at line 3

Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/phpmyadmin/"

then apache2 restart is looking good, looks like

ubuntu@P3-SD1:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

• Restarting web server apache2 [ OK ]

But, http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ not working its says

Not Found

The requested URL /phpmyadmin/ was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

NOTE:

1. If I add the Alias (Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/phpmyadmin/") means phpmyadmin working fine.

2. Next,

gksu gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

following line add end of the file.

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

3. Add, this one also but not working

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Thanks in advance.

Solution

In the file /etc/apache2/apache.conf comment the below line:

# Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Then, on /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf make sure the following alias is there:

Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/phpmyadmin/"

Restart the apache:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now you should be able to use phpmyadmin and the error message should be displayed.

Hope it helps :)

Comments

[saiarcot895]

Have you checked to see what the earlier alias was, as referenced by the warning message?

[RGK]

@saiarcot895, thanks for very first response, and I'm not checking earlier alias

[Lety]

could you post on pastebin the content of /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf, /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf?

[RGK]

@saiarcot895, how can i check alias, like your comment? now if its possible or not?

[Lety]

Alias directive in the same context are executed in a specific order. For examples if you define Alias /a /mydir/subdir and then later in the same context Alias /a/b /myseconddir/subdir apache print the warning message because the second Alias will never match. If you don't post your file, is difficult give you help :)