On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 13:28 -0800, Karl R. Balsmeier wrote: > Will McDonald wrote: > > > On 10/01/07, Karl R. Balsmeier <karl at klxsystems.net> wrote: > > > >> hey I already compiled apache 2.0.58 from source onto my centos server > >> and noticed I needed to get SSL module added "after the fact" > >> > >> -what are the commands I would run to get this working without wiping > >> everything out and starting over? > > > > > > It's generally recommended that you DO NOT compile *anything* from > > source for CentOS or any other RPM-based distro unless you have > > absolutely no other option and you know what you're doing. > > > > And under those circumstances you should at least consider rebuilding > > a custom RPM with whatever additional functionality you require from > > the SRPM so it's still packaged and runs far less risk of breaking the > > system. > > > > If you need Apache with SSL support the recommended method would be to > > install the 'httpd' and 'mod_ssl' packages and their dependencies with > > the command... > > > > # yum install httpd mod_ssl > > > > or > > > > > > There's lots more useful information on the CentOS site and in the Wiki. > > > > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/yum/sn-software-management-tools.html > > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/yum/sn-managing-packages.html > > http://wiki.centos.org/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=yum&titlesearch=Titles > > > > > > Will. > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi Will, > > I understand all of the centos-package-only rhetoric but am still > curious about a technical answer to my specific technical question. > > I appreciate all of the helpful pointers you've copied in from the site > -but in this case the question is more important than enforcing the > packaging paradigm -and I support the project's views on that and have > seen them many times. > > To wit, Community Enterprise OS is used outside of this context all of > the time -in this case for a highly scientific purpose related to > optimizing chip yields -with, (gasp), things compiled from source which > are (sigh of relief) eventually turned into nifty RPM files that can be > shared/modified/perfected by the community by the brilliant likes of the > centos package maintainers at their noble and highly revered discretion. > > "To do the science we must do the work". So apologies for the "outside > the box" moment. We are doing this work on 60+ 64-bit servers, all of > whom have apache from source because we had our own needs to answer to > and this OS was the closest match to the need to make a javagroups > application cluster, which it does very very well. > > If anyone knows, much appreciated, -you can just email me 'off-list'. I > emailed the mod_sslusers list so hopefull that'll get a nice clear answer. > > And just to be really clear, no negative attitude here or anything, > -just looking for a community assist on an important question. thanx! > > -krb > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos For the future good of community :) You may want to look at *apachectl* command Calin ================================================= Do you mean that you not only want a wrong answer, but a certain wrong answer? -- Tobaben