Subject: RE: Apache modssl last release ...

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:31:04 +0100

> > [ Falk Großwig ] wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > i just installed the mod_ssl for Apache. First it workes fine, but i
> > cant tell how, the Apache shuts down the mod_ssl ...
> > 
> > i cant reach the mod_ssl url if i open a new browser window.
> > 
> 
> > 
> > <VirtualHost ssl.design-4-you.ath.cx>
> > ServerAdmin [email-masked]
> > ServerName design-4-you
> > DocumentRoot E:/Server/secure/
> > ErrorLog E:/Server/logs/secure.design-4-you.ath.cx-error_log
> > CustomLog 
> E:/Server/logs/secure.design-4-you.ath.cx-access_log common
> > SSLEngine On
> > SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/www.design-4-you.ath.cx.cert
> > SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/www.design-4-you.ath.cx.key
> > </VirtualHost>
> 
> So this is your SSL VH?
> 
> First, you need:
> 
> Listen 443
> 
> before the VH so apache listens to port 443, which is where SSL works.
> 
> Second, you need to define port 443 in the VH, i.e.
> 
> <VirtualHost ssl.design-4-you.ath.cx:443>
> 
> Third, you need to start apache with SSL. In unix, the command is:
> 
> # apachectl startssl
> 
> or (more primitively)
> 
> # ./httpd -DSSL
> 
> check the docs for the appropriate command under windows.

...which would be

apache -D SSL

Fourth, your apache needs to be compiled with the -EAPI flag, otherwise
mod_ssl will not work. if you use a binary distribution, this is most
probably not the case. AFAIK there is no such distribution for 1.3.22
/win32. 

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