ERROR: Failed to start Interwoven Web Daemon

Interwoven Web Daemon starting ...
ERROR: Failed to start Interwoven Web Daemon.
2004] [warn] module mod_fastcgi.c is already added, skipping
Syntax error on line 449 of /iw-home/iw-webd/conf/httpd.conf:
ProxyRemote takes two arguments, a scheme, partial URL or '*' and a proxy server
/iw-home/iw-webd/bin/iw.webd start: iwwebd could not be started

I'm tried to edit http.conf to remove the ^M but http.conf but when I run the start again the ^M returns back..

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Migrateduser

^M isn't your problem, that's just how a carriage return shows up in certain editors (esp. vi and its children) when viewing a file in unix mode (if you use vim on windows you'll often see the same thing). If you are really curious about the whole line feed thing, see this http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Line%20Feed

However, I suspect you are more interested in solving your problem. Now, you don't want to be editing iw-webd's httpd.conf directly because it is auto-generated everytime you do an iwreset -ui or restart TeamSite using a template, and some values from iw.cfg. Given that it specifically complains about ProxyRemote, I'm inclined to believe that you have an error in your iw.cfg with one of the proxy options.

Have you changed iw.cfg recently? Give us a peek at line 449 of httpd.conf and maybe we can tell you where to look in your iw.cfg to figure out what's up.

Also, which version and platform of TeamSite would be helpful.

Migrateduser

Here are what those two lines look like for me:


    # For fullproxy mode, use iwproxy as our proxy server for all requests
    ProxyRemote * http://localhost:1080

which corresponds (as one might imagine) to the iwproxy section of iw.cfg


[iwproxy]
iwproxy_host=localhost
iwproxy_port=1080
customer_webserver_port=81

So, if you would, let's see your iwproxy section as well

rodigz

here's the error that I'm getting.

ERROR: Failed to start Interwoven Web Daemon.
2004] [warn] module mod_fastcgi.c is already added, skipping
Syntax error on line 449 of /iw-home/iw-webd/conf/httpd.conf:
ProxyRemote takes two arguments, a scheme, partial URL or '*' and a proxy server
/iw-home/iw-webd/bin/iw.webd start: iwwebd could not be started

Migrateduser

Right, you already gave us the error. I'm interested in the contents of the two files httpd.conf and iw.cfg. You can attach the whole things if you want, but it would be a little quicker if you just gave us the relevant portions.

rodigz

here you go iw.cfg

thanks..

rodigz

line for the httpd.conf

#
# Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following lines to
# enable the proxy server:
#
#<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
ProxyRequests On

<Directory proxy:*>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>

# For fullproxy mode, use iwproxy as our proxy server for all requests
ProxyRemote * http://localhost:1080

# Except for requests that are to bui2 or iwproxy
NoProxy localhost
NoProxy localhost

# Rewrite the Location header of redirects created by bui2, so that the
# browser comes back to us, instead of trying to contact bui2 directly.
# Note that iwproxy takes care of rewriting redirects created by the
# customer's web server.
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

#</IfModule>

#

Migrateduser

As much as I hate to say it, it looks like you get to open a support case. I don't see anything wrong in what you posted.

Lozza

I've just had a nightmare of a morning with a very similar problem, and thought I'd post the fix here in case someone else gets the same. When starting TeamSite (Solaris TeamSite 6.1), our iwserver.log showed that the Web Daemon would not start.

Interwoven Web Daemon starting ...
ERROR: Failed to start Interwoven Web Daemon.
2005] [warn] module mod_fastcgi.c is already added, skipping
/usr/iw-home/iw-webd/bin/iw.webd start: iwwebd could not be started

This was caused by the log file /var/adm/iwui/access_log growing beyond 2GB in size. The relevant KB link is here

I often dream of a world with meaningful TeamSite error messages. Something like "Failed to start Web Daemon - access_log too big, please truncate and retry" would have been rather useful. And with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, I can see a world with TeamSite log rotation. Far out!

rajit

Thanks for the info mentioned here, it was quite helpful for us to bring the Teamsite back up.