Hello: Any help that anyone can give me or if you can at least point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. I installed libapache-mod-ssl (on a debian system) last week and I haven't been able to get it to work. I got to the section in the readme file (from the libapache-mod-ssl documentation) that said:
" If you don't have a virtual host but just one default server, you should call this new virtualhost <VirtualHost _default_:443>." This is after I had made the certificate and key, chosen a passphrase and configured httpd.conf to add the module "mod_ssl.so" file. So I went to the httpd.conf and all I did was add this block (as instructed by the sample vhosts file): <VirtualHost _default_:443> <IfModule mod_ssl.c> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key <Files ~ "\.(cgi|shtml)$"> SSLOptions +StdEnvVars </Files> <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> SSLOptions +StdEnvVars </Directory> SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown </IfModule> </VirtualHost> So then when it was time to stop and start apache, I did it through Webmin and this is what I got: Failed to start apache: Starting web server: apacheApache/1.3.26 mod_ssl/2.8.9 (Pass Phrase Dialog) Some of your private key files are encrypted for security reasons. In order to read them you have to provide us with the pass phrases. Server 192.168.1.8:443 (RSA) Enter pass phrase: Apache:mod_ssl:Error: Private key not found. **Stopped failed So I couldn't start Apache through the Webmin module (the samething also happens when I reboot the server and it tries to start the apache service, it will hang in that part of the boot up process until I enter in the passphrase then it will continue booting), so then I went to the command line and again I got the part that says "Enter pass phrase:" and since I was in the command line I was able to enter it in, and apache started fine. However, when I try to access apache through https://localhost or https://host-ip-address or https://host.domain.com it doesn't work it just gives me the page cannot be displayed error. It only works if I access the server through regular "http://"; and not through "https://"; so my 3 big questions are: 1. How can I make it so that it doesn't ask me the pass phrase every time I start apache? And if I do disable the pass phrase feature does that mean that SSL is not started? But most importantly: 2. Why are the references to any https:// address to the web server not work even after I start apache in the command line and enter in the pass phrase as I am prompted to do so? How come only the http:// references work? 3. Since the virtualHost configuration described above what can I changed so that it will work properly, I want to be able to enable SSL for the default server. How do I do that? and what virtualhosts do I have to make? for instance: do I have to make all of the following <virtualhost localhost:443>, <virtualhost localhost:80>, <virtualhost host-ip:443>, <virtualhost hostname:443>...etc? One last thing is that I checked my /var/log/apache/error.log file and I had the following lines in there.. [Sun Jul 27 15:43:42 2003] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache/suexec) [Sun Jul 27 15:43:42 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem) [Sun Jul 27 16:10:45 2003] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down [Sun Jul 27 16:10:47 2003] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Private key not found (OpenSSL library error follows) [Sun Jul 27 16:10:47 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D084069:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_ASN1_SET:bad tag [Sun Jul 27 16:10:47 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D09D082:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_RSAPrivateKey:parsing [Sun Jul 27 16:10:47 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D09B00D:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_PrivateKey:ASN1 lib [Sun Jul 27 16:16:38 2003] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Private key not found (OpenSSL library error follows) [Sun Jul 27 16:16:38 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D084069:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_ASN1_SET:bad tag [Sun Jul 27 16:16:38 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D09D082:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_RSAPrivateKey:parsing [Sun Jul 27 16:16:38 2003] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D09B00D:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_PrivateKey:ASN1 lib [Sun Jul 27 18:31:07 2003] [error] (2)No such file or directory: mod_mime_magic: can't read magic file /etc/apache/share/magic [Sun Jul 27 18:31:07 2003] [error] (2)No such file or directory: mod_mime_magic: can't read magic file /etc/apache/share/magic What is happening with this mod_ssl and OpenSSL lines in there, what do they mean? is it relate it to the problem I mentione above about the private key not being found when I try to start apache through webmin? I really hate asking all these questions and coming accross like I havent done my homework but I have been searching the net, mailing lists and people's configurations and I have seen some of the errors that I am getting but I cant find any posted solutions. Again I would appreciate ANY type of help, I been looking at this for a few days now I searched on the net and I can't seem to find what the problem is. Thanx a lot! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
