Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition

mod_ssl with Apache 1.3

The alternative SSL for v1.3 is mod-ssl. There is an excellent introduction to the whole SSL business at http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_intro.html.

You need a mod_ssl tarball that matches the version of Apache 1.3 that you are using — in this case, 1.3.26. Download it from http://www.modssl.org/. You will need openssl from http://www.openssl.org/ and the shared memory library at http://www.engelschall.com/sw/mm/ if you want to be able to use a RAM-based session cache instead of a disk-based one.We put each of these in its own directory under /usr/src. You will also need Perl and gzip, but we assume they are in place by now.

Un-gzip the mod_ssl package:

gunzip mod_ssl-2.8.10-1.3.26.tar.gz

and then extract the contents of the .tar file with the following:

tar xvf mod_ssl-2.8.10-1.3.26.tar

Do the same with the other packages. Go back to .../mod_ssl/mod_ssl-<date>-<version>, and read the INSTALL file.

First, configure and build the OpenSSL: library. Get into the directory, and type the following:

 sh config no-idea no-threads -fPIC

Note the capitals: PIC. This creates a makefile appropriate to your Unix environment. Then run:

make
make test

in the usual way — but it takes a while. For completeness, we then installed mm:

cd ....mm/mm-1.2.1
./configure ==prefix=/usr/src/mm/mm-1.2.1
make
make test
make install

It is now time to return to mod_ssl get into its directory. The INSTALL file is lavish with advice and caution and offers a large number of different procedures. ...