Unable to Start Oracle Apache after SSL implementation

Question

Hi,
We are on Oracle EBS 11i(11.5.10.2) on Windows 2003(32-Bit)
We want to implement SSL for HTTP server. I tried this on our test instance by following +11i: A Guide to Understanding and Implementing SSL for Oracle Applications [ID 123718.1]+
After implementing SSL, Oracle Apache is not starting and gives "Service didnt report error". I expected the adapcctl.cmd to prompt for password. I understand that in Unix Apache must be started as root in SSL mode. Is there any specific I need to do for Windows? After reverting the context file to the original file and running autoconfig Apache is starting normally.
Please let me know if I had to anything Windows specific.
Rgds,
Thiru.

Answer 1

Thanks.
I did all that is mentioned in Note: +11i: A Guide to Understanding and Implementing SSL for Oracle Applications [ID 123718.1]+. Also referred to +Troubleshooting SSL with Oracle Applications 11i [ID 300969.1]+.
After enabling Trace in httpd.conf I am getting the following error in ssl_engline_log
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Server: Oracle HTTP Server Powered by Apache/1.3.19, Interface: mod_ssl/2.8.1, Library: OpenSSL/0.9.5a+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: 1st startup round (still not detached)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: Initializing OpenSSL library+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server dvlp003.imtac.com:443+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:443) unencrypted RSA private key - pass phrase not required+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: Loading certificate & private key of SSL-aware server dvlp003.imtac.com:10010+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:10010) unencrypted RSA private key - pass phrase not required+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of entropy+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:15 00624] [info] Init: Generating temporary RSA private keys (512/1024 bits)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Configuring temporary DH parameters (512/1024 bits)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [trace] Inter-Process Session Cache (DBM) Expiry: old: 0, new: 0, removed: 0+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of entropy+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Configuring temporary RSA private keys (512/1024 bits)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Configuring temporary DH parameters (512/1024 bits)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Initializing (virtual) servers for SSL+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Configuring server dvlp003.imtac.com:443 for SSL protocol+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:443) Creating new SSL context (protocols: SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:443) Configuring RSA server certificate+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:443) Configuring RSA server private key+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [trace] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:443) Configuring server certificate chain (3 CA certificates)+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [info] Init: Configuring server dvlp003.imtac.com:10010 for SSL protocol+
+[24/ÇÈÑíá/2011 16:50:16 00624] [error] Init: (dvlp003.imtac.com:10010) Illegal attempt to re-initialise SSL for server (theoretically shouldn't happen!)+
I am using port 443. The changes made to application tier context file is:
set the %s_url_protocol variable to https
set the %s_local_url_protocol variable to https
set the %s_webentryurlprotocol variable to https
set the %s_frmConnectMode variable to https
set the %s_webssl_port variable to the Apache SSL port required
set the %s_active_webport variable to the same value as that for the %s_webssl_port variable
set the %s_webport variable to the same value as that for the %s_webssl_port variable
set the %s_web_ssl_directory variable to point to the full directory path of the directory that is to contain the .crt and .key files that you are using for Apache
set %s_apps_portal_url variable to https
AutoConfig completed sucessfully. Our env is 11.5.10.2 on Windows 2003.
Rgds,
Thiru