ServerRoot

ServerRoot specifies where the subdirectories conf and logs can be found.

ServerRoot directory
Default directory: /usr/local/etc/httpd
Server config

If you start Apache with the -f (file) option, you need to include the ServerRoot directive. On the other hand, if you use the -d (directory) option, as we do, this directive is not needed.

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