Invalid command '<Directory', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

[priya124]

Please help me to solve this error
sudo service apache2 reload
Syntax error on line 8 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default-ssl.conf:
Invalid command '<Directory', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
...fail!
administrator@ratticdb:/opt/apps/RatticWeb$ sudo nano default-ssl.conf
administrator@ratticdb:/opt/apps/RatticWeb$ sudo service apache2 reload
Syntax error on line 8 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default-ssl.conf:
Invalid command '<Directory', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
...fail!

[priya124]

In my log file below mensioned is present
[Sat May 21 12:54:51 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat May 21 12:54:52 2016] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sat May 21 12:54:54 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat May 21 13:39:18 2016] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon May 23 03:26:36 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon May 23 05:10:42 2016] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon May 23 10:41:57 2016] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.3 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon May 23 18:45:29 2016] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down

[ashoksrinath]

My response is 4 years too late, but the solution is to replace < with the less-than symbol (<) and similarly replace > with the greater-than symbol (>).