Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name

Question

I have just installed Apache 2.2.17, and I am using it first time.

Now when I try to start the server using the command service httpd start it gives me

Answer 1

Here's my two cents. Maybe it's useful for future readers.

I ran into this problem when using Apache within a Docker container. When I started a container from an image of the Apache webserver, this message appeared when I started it with docker run -it -p 80:80 my-apache-container.

However, after starting the container in detached mode, using docker run -d -p 80:80 my-apache-container, I was able to connect through the browser.