Specifications

FIGURE A.2

The function phpinfo() provides useful configuration information.

Is SSL Working?

Okay, now we are ready to test for SSL. First, stop the server, and restart with the SSL option

enabled:

# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop

# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl

Test to see whether it works, by connecting to the server with a Web browser and selecting the

https protocol, like this:

https://yourserver.yourdomain.com

http://yoursever.yourdomain.com:443

Try your server’s IP address also, like this:

https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443

If it worked, the server will send the certificate to the browser to establish a secure connection.

This will make the browser prompt you for accepting the self-signed certificate. If it were a

Appendixes

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