Question : Starting Apache with built in SSL_MOD  ( Linux RHEL5)

Hello everyone,
I am having a problem setting up Apache with SSL on my RHEL 5 machine.
This is what I am doing:
 First, I generate the certificates, and I copy them over /etc/httpd/conf/
openssl genrsa server.key 1024
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

Now, since there is no references to SSL on my httpd.conf file, I tried to add the line below to it.
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
However, the configtest test complains it is built-in and can't be loaded.
/etc/init.d/httpd configtest
Syntax error on line 8 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
module ssl_module is built-in and can't be loaded
So I tried adding the following parameters.
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
   Include conf/ssl.conf
</IfModule>
Then restart the server.

/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: 1 Previous file handle doesn't exists /etc/httpd/logs/error_log--20100518
[ OK ]

Now, I edited the ssl.conf file to load my keys

ssl.conf
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName server.local
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/server.csr
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/server.key

DocumentRoot /httpdocs/site/
ErrorLog "|/usr/sbin/rotatelogs /etc/httpd/logs/server--%Y%m%d 84600"
CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/rotatelogs /etc/httpd/logs/server--%Y%m%d 84600" combined
</VirtualHost>

However, apache won't start, as long I leave the SSLengine ON,
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: 1 Previous file handle doesn't exists /etc/httpd/logs/error_log--20100517

The only way I can make Apache work, is by disabling SSLengine.


Does anyone have any clue in how can I fix this?
Also, why I keep having this error message? -> Starting httpd: 1 Previous file handle doesn't exists /etc/httpd/logs/error_log—20100518
      


Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

Answer : Starting Apache with built in SSL_MOD  ( Linux RHEL5)

What is inside error log?