[CentOS] Apache stops without evident cause

[Mike Burger]

> On Mon, April 29, 2013 09:02, James Hogarth wrote:
>>> It is just the httpd service that stops.
>>
>> Define 'stops'
>
> Attempts to access the web sites served by that service report Server
> not Found.
>
> Running 'service httpd start' starts the service.
>
>>
>> Are there any httpd processes still running?
>
> No.
>
>>
>> What are you doing with the server - php, proxy to tomcat, etc
>
> Straight-up static web sites.  Nothing fancy or dynamic.  No CGI scripts.
>
>>
>> There's very little information to go on in your post...
>>
>>
>
> You have what I have.  There is simply no trace of the process by the
> time my periodic (every 15 minutes) sweep notices that the httpd
> process is gone and restarts it.

This may be a potentially stupid question, but have you looked at your logs?
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