"Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the information. I think I'm making progress. I've got Apache
> running, but how do I know that SSL is enabled? I cannot access
> https://localhost, get a Page cannot be displayed error. http://localhost
> works fine. Where do I start troubleshooting? Thanks again.

What error page do you get? Is it a failed connection from your browser, or
is it an error page returned by apache?

Did you make sure to restart apache? Config changes don't take effect until
you have stopped and started it.

Check that mod_ssl is loaded. There should be a loadmodule line for mod_ssl
in your httpd.conf.

Then check that the your ssl.conf is being loaded. If you are using the
default httpd.conf file there should be a section that includes ssl.conf if
the module has been loaded. Search through the file for "SSL" and check that
the module is loaded and the conf file is loaded.

Try putting a deliberate error in the ssl.conf file and make sure that this
causes apache to fail to start, this will prove the config file is being
loaded.

Check the error log, and see if anything interesting shows up.

Failing that you could post here / email me your config files and i can take
a look at them.

Richard.