service httpd start doesn't work

[WygufSeak]

I want to start apache.

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service httpd start

returns the following:

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redirecting to /sbin/systemctl start httpd.service
job for httpd.service failed. See 'systemctl status httpd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details

this returns I have a syntax error in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf on line 36

What is the default server root path? I must've changed this by accident..

Is there an official alternative to the service command in CentOS7?
Now I have to

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/etc/init.d/httpd start

instead of just

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service httpd start

Is this depreciated? What command is superseeded?

[scottro]

Yes, I think it's supposed to still work, but now one uses systemd. There are various cheatsheets around. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit ... Cheatsheet is pretty good.

In this case it's systemctl start httpd.service

Defautl ServerRoot should be /etc/httpd

[TrevorH]

Running service httpd start still works but it tells you that it's going to run the correct thing for you, as your output clearly shows. But if you have a syntax error then neither one will work so you need to fix that first.

[igsmigs88]

run systemctl start httpd.service

[Greg_E]

I'm pretty sure I've been lazy and used just systemctl start httpd leaving off the .service and it is smart enough to still start the service. Isn't the d for daemon which is pretty much the same thing as a service?

[altiris]

I'm pretty sure I've been lazy and used just systemctl start httpd leaving off the .service and it is smart enough to still start the service. Isn't the d for daemon which is pretty much the same thing as a service?

Same with me, there's a bit of weird things in this version. This is off topic but I've noticed now to install mysql it's been re branded to mariadb yet I can still use "mysql -u root -p" to log in, as well as using the php mysql extension. I understand this may make it easier for previous CentOS users but it makes even harder for new users. Existing centos users aren't dumb, we will know just to replace mysql with mariadb if that's what's being used now, instead we need to use a mix of both commands.

[gerald_clark]

MariaDB is a fork of MySQL
It wouldn't be a dropin replacement if all the clients and libraries had their names changed.