# Getting a 500 internal server error with apache

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477 "2010-02-15T10:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gautam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477/1 "2010-02-15T10:26:26Z")

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System:  
Ubuntu 9.10  
Ruby 1.8  
Rails 2.3.5  
Apache 2.2  
MySql

I am getting a 500 Internal Server Error while using apache.  
Everything works fine when I use Webrick

I have configured all the things using this guide  
[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails#Apache](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails#Apache)

Please someone help me in getting rid of this error.

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**Author:** ![gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gautam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477/2 "2010-02-15T11:24:23Z")

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Check your error\_logs in your /var/log/\<apache/httpd\> directory

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**Author:** ![gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gautam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477/3 "2010-02-15T14:56:16Z")

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Here are my error logs…  
i don’t understand what’s going wrong…please have a look…

[Mon Feb 15 14:45:51 2010] [warn] proxy: No protocol handler was valid  
for the URL /mynewapp. If you are using a DSO version of mod\_proxy,  
make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using  
LoadModule.  
[Mon Feb 15 14:46:02 2010] [warn] proxy: No protocol handler was valid  
for the URL /mynewapp. If you are using a DSO version of mod\_proxy,  
make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using  
LoadModule.  
[Mon Feb 15 14:59:26 2010] [warn] proxy: No protocol handler was valid  
for the URL /mynewapp. If you are using a DSO version of mod\_proxy,  
make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using  
LoadModule.  
[Mon Feb 15 15:04:45 2010] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down  
[Mon Feb 15 15:06:00 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.12 (Ubuntu)  
Phusion\_Passenger/2.2.9 configured – resuming normal operations  
[Mon Feb 15 15:06:35 2010] [warn] proxy: No protocol handler was valid  
for the URL /mynewapp. If you are using a DSO version of mod\_proxy,  
make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using  
LoadModule.  
[Mon Feb 15 15:06:38 2010] [warn] proxy: No protocol handler was valid  
for the URL /favicon.ico. If you are using a DSO version of mod\_proxy,  
make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using  
LoadModule.

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**Author:** ![gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@gautam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gautam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-a-500-internal-server-error-with-apache/183477/4 "2010-02-15T19:41:55Z")

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A quick Google turned up this:  
[http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2006/12/24/proxy-no-protocol-handler-was-valid-for-the-url](http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2006/12/24/proxy-no-protocol-handler-was-valid-for-the-url)  
Sounds like it’s something with mod\_proxy…

–Lasse

2010/2/15 Gautam [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)