I have a SLES 9 box running Apache 2.0.54 happily. However, I would like to
setup SSL an be able to access pages on the box using https://. Easy enough I
thought. I looked in the listen.conf file and saw the following:
Listen 80
<IfDefine SSL>
<IfDefine !NOSSL>
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
</IfDefine>
</IfDefine>
This should mean that the server will listen on port 443, however it isn't. If
I add a Listen 443 right under the Listen 80 it works. So, that got me
wondering what this <ifdefine ssl> does and why it wasn't working. I did the
google search and found a couple of things, one which mentioned apache2 should
be started with the -DSSL option (as seen in a ps awx | grep http), but I just
see the following:
21671 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
So, what do I need to do to get apache2 to start on SLES with SSL support? I
know I can just add the Listen 443 option manually, but this has become more of
a quest for learning what the <ifdefine ssl> is for and why it isn't working.
Thanks for your help.
Brian
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