Re: How to ADD SSL Support to Apache?

From: ohaya (ohaya_at_cox.net)
Date: 04/26/05 

Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:13:54 -0400

> LOADS of people have had to do this
> read up on Apache / APXS
> You'll have to compile ssl (if not already on your system) then compile
> the Apache/SSL module, It *REALLY* is straightforward a quick Google
> will give you the instructions you need ot there are plenty of sites
> with step by step instructions on how to build Apache/PHP/SSL, just miss
> out the PHP parts.
>
> Sorry to be a bit blunt but I think it will be better for yourself to
> look into it, you'll learn far more that way
>
> Good luck (you won't need it) and have fun with it

Hi Jim,

I'm not disputing what you indicated, but I'm starting to think that
this (adding mod_ssl incrementally) may not be possible for me at this
point.

FYI, I have been searching for a few days, and I just ran across the
following:

  " The normal procedure with apxs is to compile Apache
    first, and then, using apxs, compile the modules you
    want to use and insert them into the server. However,
    mod_ssl needs to be compiled into the server the normal
    way before you can use it via apxs. Once mod_ssl is in
    the server for the first time, you can then upgrade it
    via apxs without having to completely recompile Apache."

I have a ../mod_ssl source directory that was included in the original
Apache source distribution, but a lot of the information that I've
looked at states to start with a "./configure", but there is no
configure script in that mod_ssl source directory.

I may have to "punt" on this one, and re-do the Apache
configure/make/make install again, I think :(...

Jim

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