Apache build and SSL problem

[Linn Kubler]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:12:12 +0100, Chris Hewitt
<fedlist at manordata.uklinux.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:31, Linn Kubler wrote:
> 
> 
> > I'm learning Linux with Fedora Core 2 and picked up a book called
> > Setting Up LAMP. I just worked through installing Apache 1.3.32 with
> > SSL support per the instructions in the book. All seemed to go well,
> > however, SSL isn't working.
> >
> > When I enter https://192.168.1.10 I get this error:
> > The connection was refused when attempting to contact 192.168.1.10
> >
> > When I checked the Apache error logs I only see a message about a file
> > missing, favicon.ico, doubt that has anything to do with it.
> >
> > Tried disabling the firewall and that didn't help.
> >
> > I ran nmap from another server and it shows:
> > 443/tcp closed https
> >
> > If I understand that correctly, it means that the port is open in the
> > firewall but that the service is not running.  Not sure how to tell
> > what went wrong here, didn't see any error messages when compiling and
> > installing and I've double/triple checked my install scripts compared
> > to what the book instructs and can't see any problems there.  Unless
> > something is missing that I'm not aware of.
> >
> > I am guessing this isn't the proper forum for this question but I
> > haven't gotten any replies to my posting on apachefreaks and can't
> > seem to get subscribed to Apache's community listserv.  So any help is
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Linn
> 
> The Apache httpd webserver is not running out of the box (for security).
> Have you turned it on? As root:
> service httpd status
> will tell you, and
> service httpd start
> will turn it on.
> chkconfig --level 345 httpd on
> will turn it on a boot time.
> 
Hi Chris,

Thanks, yes I did have apache started, going to the default
http://192.168.1.10 works fine.  As Alexander suggests I'm thinking
that apache just isn't listening on port 443.

Thanks though,
Linn