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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37031 Summary: Unconstructive error message with common mod_ssl configuration mistake Product: Apache httpd-2.0 Version: 2.0.54 Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: mod_ssl AssignedTo: [email protected] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a simple webserver, for which I wanted to add SSL support. So I added mod_ssl, looked at the configuration. I then found a howto, complete with the procedure for generating a (self)signed certificate. But then came the hard part: there was absolutely no documentation whatsoever on how you would add SSL support for even the simple case of having just one webserver, let alone several virtual domains. I googled somewhat and vaguely remembered something I did once with Apache 1.3 and made a copy of ssl.conf and added my own stuff to it. Of course I also added "Listen 443" to the ports.conf and finally I added "SSLEngine On" after the check that everything was correct. I immediately found the following error message in my error.log: Illegal attempt to re-initialise SSL for server (theoretically shouldn't happen!) The last addition drew most of my attention, because it was very much possible what I was doing and in my mind not very stupid either. I googled for it, but I didn't come up with much. I finally tried to disable "SSLEngine On", leaving the rest of the configuration in and that worked, httpd was even listening on port 443 (plain text, but still). After a couple of days of letting this sink in, I finally came up with the solution, googled for the configuration of virtual hosts and got it to work by changing the configuration by using a virtual host for SSL. Conclusion: The error message is vague at best and the addition between parenthesis should be deleted immediately. It is very much possible to make this to happen and only makes the user feel stupid. And it would also be nice if there was some really simple example configuration for how to configure SSL. (And perhaps add the error message to the FAQ as well, because there's not a lot of google hits for it that provide useful feedback). -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
