have a windows machine and have ubuntu as a guest OS on VM. i set up apache onubuntu and im trying to configure ssl on that server but apache keeps crashing after following all instructions i found on the internet. I have my ssl files in /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key

I have a default-ssl conf file with: DocumentRoot /var/www-ssl/html/

SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key

In the vhost and I also have the same in a vhost i am setting up(forums) forums-ssl conf file. Mod ssl is already enabled

In my guest host file I have: 127.0.0.1 localhost test tribunal

When I restart apache, it asks me for my pass phrase, I enter it and it says ok, although it spits out those notices. But when I navigate to the page it times out.

and here is the error in apache error_log: [Sun Mar 04 20:23:59 2012] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down [Sun Mar 04 20:24:04 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8o configured -- resuming normal operations

does anyone know why this is happening?

    Well, we don't have access to as much information about this as you do 😉

    A few thoughts, though:

    1. A SIGTERM might get logged someplace else besides the Apache error_log ... have you seen anything in other log files?

    2. Try starting httpd from the command line with "-X" ... any messages?

    3. In my experience, mod_ssl often doesn't play nice; if you start apache without SSL do you have problems?

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