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by luie 1 view

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I installed apache1.3.22 on a RH7.1 with the following config options:

SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.x \
./configure \
--enable-module=ssl \
--active-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a \
--enable-module=php4 \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache \
--enable-shared=ssl

I can browse the pages on the machine where apache is installed but I can't connect to
this web server from other machines on the network ( both MS Windows & Linux machines).

I've edited the httpd.conf file, do I need to configureanything on the other machines on the network?

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by cpfeiffe

There are a few things worth looking at here

1) Is DNS an issue? If you are trying to get to the machine by a standard URL (http://www.machine or http://machine for example) then it needs to be in DNS. Try acessing the web page by putting the IP address in your browser (http://X.X.X.X:#) where # is the SSL port (default is 8181)
If that works then it is a DNS issue. Or you can try pinging the URL name and if that doesn't work it is DNS related.

2) Is there a firewall between the server and the other machines. In some companise traffic that needs to get from one VLAN and/or subnet to antoher must go through a firewall. This is typically not necessary, but if it is the case in your environment you may need to make the request to allow SSL or https traffic to pass through if this is the first implementation of SSL on your network.

If it is DNS and you need help I can help you there to, just email my alias.

I hope this helps.

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