Tyler Longren wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I just generated a csr and key file. I had apache/php/modssl installed,
> everything working just fine (test box). I was gonna generate the csr
> file to send to the CA.
> I followed the directions at:
> http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_faq.html#ToC28
>
> I have apache installed to /usr/local/apache/.
> Everything all of the SSL files are in /usr/local/apache/conf/
>
> I copied the generated server.key to
> /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key
> and copied the server.csr to /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.csr/server.csr.
>
> Those files already existed, I just overwrote them. I went to start
> apache back up like this:
> /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl
>
> I entered the pass-phrase that I specified, and apache says that it
> started. But when I do a ps -ax, httpd isn't running. I can't connect to
> port 80 or 443 (so it really didn't start).
Are you aware that you need a .crt (certificate file)? The .csr file is
a certificate signing request which you use to get a .crt - then you
throw the .csr away.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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