apache + mod_ssl

[Keith Robinson <kar@foomonster.co.uk>]

Hi all,

If anybody could point me in the right direction with the following problem, it would be most appreciated :)

I'm trying to get mod_ssl to work with apache, but so far to no avail.  I've installed mod_ssl (through apt), generated server.crt and server.key and signed the certificate myself.

In httpd.conf I've added the appropriate line to load mod_ssl:

LoadModule ssl_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_ssl.so

and then added the following lines:

<IfDefine SSL>

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerAdmin host-master@foomonster.co.uk
DocumentRoot /var/www/site.virtual/htdocs/mystats
ServerName www.webwardrobe.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile      /etc/apache/ssl.crt/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
CustomLog /var/log/apache/ssl_request_log "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}
x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>

</IfDefine>

However, when I restart apache (apachectl restart), port 443 remains closed.

Shouldn't this port open upon restarting apache?

I guess I'm just being dumb here, so all help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Keith