Fixing the Apache Error: Unable to open logs httpd CentOS

When managing your Apache server, you may come across this error that reads:

It usually occurs when restarting Apache. You can find this error in the /var/log/httpd/error_log file.

To fix this error, you can execute this command:

If it returns a blank value or low value, then execute this command:

With ulimit, you can check, set, and limit the usage of the server resources. If a user or application is consuming excessive resources, you can set a limit for them. In the above case, by setting the value to 65536, you can resolve this error in CentOS.

That’s it. Now you shouldn’t get this error message again.