The -D SSL option triggers a variable which is used in the httpd.conf file to
load the SSL staff. You can see this in the conf file where
<IfDefine SSL>
is located.
When you run apache as a service this option is not given and so the ssl staff
is not loaded. You have to comment out these lines in the conf file so that the
ssl staff is loaded regardless of this option
Stefanos
John McNally wrote:
> I just downloaded OpenSA 0.20 and the installation was a breeze. Thank you
> for such a great product.
>
> I tried to install the server as a service, but cannot get it started. It
> appeared the -D SSL directive was being ignored when running as a service
> (the service would start, but https did not work,) so I commented the <if
> SSL> related statements and now the service will not start.
>
> My simple guess since I know little about the inner workings of NT or
> Apache+SSL is that SSL requires a user to start it so it can have some
> appropriate permissions set up. But since this has a very good chance at
> being a wrong assumption, I thought I'd ask.
>
> Is there something related to SSL that will not allow Apache to start as a
> service, or does the conf file just need a little tweaking? (And what might
> that involve?)
>
> Thanks again.
> John McNally
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