Rails 3 + Passenger + Apache：如何将SSL端口从443更改为8443？

Question

My hosting service is telling me to change my SSL port from 443 to 8443 since the OpenSSL tests are failing, even though they are working in production.

I changed my apache ports.conf file to:

    NameVirtualHost *:80
    #NameVirtualHost *:443
    NameVirtualHost *:8443
    Listen 80

    <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
        # If you add NameVirtualHost *:443 here, you will also have to change
        # the VirtualHost statement in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
        # to <VirtualHost *:443>
        # Server Name Indication for SSL named virtual hosts is currently not
        # supported by MSIE on Windows XP.
        #Listen 443
        Listen 8443
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
        #Listen 443
        Listen 8443
    </IfModule>

I also changed my virtual hosts from <VirtualHost *:443> to <VirtualHost *:8443> and restarted apache, but when I try to access the site via https, the browser says: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server . Could it be a firewall issue?

Answer 1

at first the config looks good, I assume you have ssh enabled

ssh in the machine :

• do wget --no-check-certificate https://127.0.0.1:8443 or curl -k https://127.0.0.1:443 (post the content)
• watch open connections and see if it's an actual apache process behind it ( sudo netstat -anp | grep 8443 or sudo lsof | grep ":8443" )
• is your config not overrided else where
• check your config is valid (what's the output of the /etc/init.d/apache2 restart )
• check the apache error/request logs if you see your traces or other errors

From your laptop :

• try a nmap with this machine as target, and see if the port appear as filtered
• are you sure the dns is ok (tried with the ip address ?)

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Answer 2

Configuration seams to be right, how do you try to access your site now? should be

https://yourdomain.com:8443/