Simple configuration question

[Kirk Rogers <ki...@verizon.net>]

Hello,
I've installed an Apache/mod_perl distribution some months ago and used the
standard installation guidelines.  However, now I'd like to add SSL
capabilities and dont want to clobber my existing system
How can I add SSL to my existing distribution without overwriting any of my
current configuration and files?  If there's documentation on this
particular request, please forgive as I haven't found it yet.

Thanks for the help,
Kirk

RE: Simple configuration question

[Ged Haywood <ge...@www2.jubileegroup.co.uk>]

Hi again,

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Kirk Rogers wrote:

> if I add "APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local/apache_ssl" it shouldn't even touch anything
> I have in my original installation at "/usr/local/apache".  Is this correct?
> 
> Then I can slowly migrate my configuration file over to the new installation
> directories?

Yes, and yes.

This is how you would for example set up the light/heavy server system
where you have two copies of Apache running at the same time: a
non-modperl server listening on port 80 serves requests for static
pages itself, while passing requests for dynamic pages to a modperl
server listening on a different port.  It's in the Guide:
http://perl.apache.org/guide.

Don't try to run both Apaches at the same time on the same socket!

73,
Ged.

RE: Simple configuration question

[Kirk Rogers <ki...@verizon.net>]

Following the example to the "T" in
http://perl.apache.org/guide/install.html#mod_perl_and_apache_ssl_openss, if
I add "APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local/apache_ssl" it shouldn't even touch anything
I have in my original installation at "/usr/local/apache".  Is this correct?

Then I can slowly migrate my configuration file over to the new installation
directories?

Thanks,
Kirk


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ged Haywood [mailto:ged@www2.jubileegroup.co.uk]
>Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:57 PM
>To: Kirk Rogers
>Cc: modperl
>Subject: Re: Simple configuration question
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Kirk Rogers wrote:
>
>> now I'd like to add SSL capabilities and dont want to clobber my
>> existing system How can I add SSL to my existing distribution
>> without overwriting any of my current configuration and files?
>
>Go ahead and rebuild with the latest sources in a new directory.  None
>of your existing files will be touched until you do '#make install'
>and your existing configuration files in .../apache/conf won't be
>overwritten at all.  Of course you have backups anyway, don't you?
>
>73,
>Ged.
>
>

Re: Simple configuration question

[Ged Haywood <ge...@www2.jubileegroup.co.uk>]

Hi there,

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Kirk Rogers wrote:

> now I'd like to add SSL capabilities and dont want to clobber my
> existing system How can I add SSL to my existing distribution
> without overwriting any of my current configuration and files?

Go ahead and rebuild with the latest sources in a new directory.  None
of your existing files will be touched until you do '#make install'
and your existing configuration files in .../apache/conf won't be
overwritten at all.  Of course you have backups anyway, don't you?

73,
Ged.