I attempted to resize my main disk. I took a backup snapshot then increase it, everything seemed ok. Unfortunately upon reboot apache refused to start with this error message:
[error] Init: Unable to read pass phrase [Hint: key introduced or changed before restart?]
Full error log:
http://p.linode.com/5165

So I restored from the snapshot and I'm still unable to boot apache, same error message. Googling around results in vague messages about ssl certs not having a pass phrase set or that the pass phrase isn't being read on boot (?). No idea, but I don't see how this issue could persist after a backup restoration.

I'm at my wits end here, any help?

You have a passphrase on one of your ssl certificate private keys, you need to find your key and run

openssl rsa -in old.key -out new.key

It will prompt you for the passphrase of your ssl key so put that in when prompted, then point apache to the new key and start it.

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