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Apache 1.3 + SSL ?

  • 21-11-2005 10:34am
    #1
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I am not a webadmin but I have recently inherited a project at work from the current admin who has moved on to better things. And 1 week into the job out client has suddenly asked for an upgrade (I was told that I'd never have to touch the thing!) :)

    So at the moment we have a server running Redhat acting as a webserver (Apache 1.3 + php) for an Intranet. The client uses IE6 to log in (max of 50 sim connections) to check his telephone stats for each of his branches.

    Now though he wanst to use SSL and It's my job to get it working!

    All I need to know right now if it'll be possible for me, a telecom engineer with a good understanding of Windows and IT to be able to convert the current server to an SSL-enabled server, with little knowledge of linux?

    From what I've read on the net I'm gonna need the Apache-SSL module, recompile and install Openssl. Then I'll need a certificate and off I go.

    Is it really going to be as simple as that? I've never compiled in linux before but I'll figure that bit out, and I'm guessing that because it's an Intranet I won't need to actually buy a certificate will I?


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  • #2
    HomunQlus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭HomunQlus


    Here's your ultimate solution mate:

    Download XAMPP -
    http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

    Documentation is also on the page


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    That xampp thing looks pretty nifty.
    ponster wrote:
    All I need to know right now if it'll be possible for me, a telecom engineer with a good understanding of Windows and IT to be able to convert the current server to an SSL-enabled server, with little knowledge of linux?

    I would say yes. I set up an apache server for my final year project in college with feck all unix knowledge at the time. You should spend some time getting to know the basics though, especially if you're getting paid for it. There are plenty of tutorial / introduction sites out there.

    First off, I wouldn't have thought you'd need a recompile. I thought that for module support you just edited the relevant settings files to enable / disable that module. I have a book that's aimed at apache 1.x installation somewhere that you're welcome to if you want it (once I can find it....just moved house). Having spent a fair chunk of time reading it though, I found trial and error (on a non-production server) to be the best learning tool.
    ponster wrote:
    I'm guessing that because it's an Intranet I won't need to actually buy a certificate will I?

    You wont need to buy one. Once they're willing to accept a locally generated certificate (they'll be prompted).


  • #4
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    XAMPP is total overkill for a live server, those all-in-one things are really best used only for development environments.

    On a Red Hat server, you just need to install mod_ssl -- from the command line:

    up2date mod_ssl

    adam


  • #5
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Cheers folks :)

    HomunQlus thx for the info. I won't be using it at work as I have to build on an existing platform and can change as little things as possible before I start breaking support contracts :)


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