On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:12:12 +0100, Chris Hewitt <fedlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
