When installing the IBM® HTTP
Server, prompts appear for a login ID and password. The ID you select
must have the capability to log on as a service.
About this task
If you get an error when you try to start the IBM HTTP
Server Service, indicating a failure to start as a service, try one
of the following:
Procedure
- Click .
- Select the user from the User Manager list.
- Click .
- Select the Show Advanced User Rights check box.
- Click Log on as a Service, from the drop-down menu.
or
- Click .
- Open Administrative Tools.
- Open Services. The local user you select is created in Local Users
and Groups, under Computer Management.
- Click .
- Choose the Log on tab.
- Select this account option and click Browse, to select
the user to associate with the service.
What to do next
If you get the following error when you try to start the IBM HTTP
Server Service:
Windows could not start the IBM HTTP Server on Local Computer. For more information, review the Event
Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific
error code 1.
complete the following steps:
- Check the IBM HTTP Server <install_root>/logs/error.log file
for a specific error.
- If there is no error in the <install_root>/logs/error.log file,
try starting IBM HTTP Server from a command prompt by running
the <install_root>/bin/httpd.exe command.
- If the <install_root>/logs/error.log file
indicates that there was a problem loading the WebSphere® Application
Server plugin module, check the http_plugin.log file
for the error.