Job for httpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status httpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details

Question

I have installed a fresh copy of Centos 7. Then I restarted Apache but the Apache failed to start. I have 3 days stucked in this issue. Even the support can not figure out the error.

sudo service httpd start


Failed to start apache :
Job for httpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status httpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.


httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2016-05-09 16:08:02 BST; 59s ago
     Docs: man:httpd(8)
           man:apachectl(8)
 Main PID: 5710 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

May 09 16:08:02 mike079.startdedicated.de systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
May 09 16:08:02 mike079.startdedicated.de httpd[5710]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 85.25.12.20:80
May 09 16:08:02 startdedicated.de httpd[5710]: no listening sockets available, shutting down
May 09 16:08:02 startdedicated.de httpd[5710]: AH00015: Unable to open logs
May 09 16:08:02 startdedicated.de systemd[1]: httpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 09 16:08:02.startdedicated.de kill[5712]: kill: cannot find process ""
May 09 16:08:02 .startdedicated.de systemd[1]: httpd.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
May 09 16:08:02startdedicated.de systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
May 09 16:08:02 startdedicated.de systemd[1]: Unit httpd.service entered failed state.
May 09 16:08:02 mike: httpd.service failed.

Answer 1

I got the same error because of a simple typo in vhost.conf. Remember to make sure you don't have any errors in the config files.

apachectl configtest