Bug#267477: ssl: some easy way to set up an ssl server (as apache-ssl package in apache 1)

[txemi <txemi2@euskalnet.net>]

Package: apache2
Version: 2.0.50-9
Severity: wishlist

With apache 1 setting up an ssl apache server in debian was as easy as:

apt-get install apache-ssl

This way allowed non apache experts to set up an ssl server without
needing to know apache configuration options and avoiding making configuration
mistakes.

I cannot find some similar thing in apache2 packages, an it seem it is
not enough using a2enmod to load ssl, as I need some configuration
options in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf. Some of them are placed in
/etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.conf but as I said, it does not seem
to be enough loading ssl module with a2enmod to get a working ssl
server. I prefer not messing with /etc/apache2/apache2.conf becouse I am
sure package maintainer knows much more than me and I could break
something.

I have seen some people uses virtual hosts to have an ssl apache server
listening on other port. Could it be as easy as adding a new file to 
/etc/apache2/sites-available/ to get apache server listening ssl on port
443? This file could be linked from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ by
administrators like me to get it to work with no risk to break anything.
This would be even cleaner than solution adopted in apache 1 packages
becouse only one apache service in /etc/init.d would be used.

thanks,
txemi.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro

Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork           2.0.50-9   Traditional model for Apache2

-- no debconf information