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[nycphp-talk] Apache 2.0/Virtual Host with SSL

Jeff Siegel jsiegel1 at optonline.net
Mon Oct 6 11:35:36 EDT 2003


I had tried adding in a virtual host with a specific port, namely, 443,
but then realized there's more going on here that I realized and the
docs aren't as clear as one might hope.

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Zaunere
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:56 AM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Apache 2.0/Virtual Host with SSL




Jeff Siegel wrote:

> Wondering how to handle the following problem. 
> 
> I installed Apache 2.0 using RH 9 (it comes bundled with PHP 4.2.2).
> After setting up virtual hosts using that beautifully written article
I
> found at http://phundamentals.nyphp.org, I then tested some of my code
> which redirects a user to an HTTPS connection. I keep getting an Err
> 404. Thinking it might be the code I created two simple test pages:
the
> first page has a link to the second page. Here's the link: <a
> href="https://unap/test2.php">click me</a>. Now, "unap" is a virtual
> host on the server and all other links work correctly on the server
but
> not this one. *However*, if I change the link to a fixed IP address,
> i.e.,  <a href="https://192.168.1.112/unap/test2.php">click
me</a>...it
> works fine. It seems, then, there is an Apache configuration that I'm
> missing. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

It looks like a configuration issue with ssl/apache.  Basically, an SSL
server can be seperate from a non-SSL server.  It's generaly just
another virtual host (based on port), with it's own document root,
permissions, directives, etc.

I'm not sure of the default httpd.conf that RH 9 uses, but I have a
feeling this is the case.  You have to make sure that either:

1) the two vhosts overlap, considering that name based and "SSL based"
vhosts can be independant, or
2) that you're not letting Apache fallback to a default vhost (ie, the
main server).  Also keep in mind the ordering of vhost directives, and
the document roots of each - if a request doesn't match a named host,
AND the fact that it's either SSL or not, the request will fall back to
the main server.

Hope that doesn't confuse too much :)

Hans

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