SSL using Windows? Please tell me how...

[flacflac]

Hi everyone,

I am new to subsonic but thanks to Sindre's great programming my installation already works and is remotely accessible.

I would really like to run this via SSL, but even after reading many forum threads I am still not clear on how to do this.

1) My installation runs on Windows - I read I that I need to run Tomcat, but really I don't know why and how I would use that or install it

2) What changes do I have to do in my config to run this via SSL?

3) What port will SSL run on? Do I need to open up a new port and will the address my server is reached under have to change with it? (from server:8080 to server:443 ???)

Sorry, I'm a newbie, but I would really like to run this more securely.

Thank you.

[donpearson]

my first question is how much do you no about ssl and apache ?

take a look at this : http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=ssl+apache+windows&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

and this : http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=d1E&num=50&newwindow=1&q=Apache+Proxy+windows&btnG=Search&meta=

[flacflac]

Hi Don, thanks for the reply.

I am certainly not a pro with either Apache or SSL, but I do consider myself relatively capable when it comes to setting up non-trivial software. I was always running an SSL ftp server, but this SSL protocol was taken care of by the server software itself running on a regular Vista or XP machine.

I guess what I am looking for does not exist - a step by step tutorial to get Subsonic to work on an Apache server in a Windows environment. I can figure out how to install apache, how to set up SSL but I just don't understand how I get Subsonic to run ON apache - currently it runs as a jetty service on its own. What do I have to do here to make it use the apache ssl?

Sorry, I know this sounds like newbie-questions, but at least I'm a newbie that gets it quickly once its explained well just once.

Thank you!

[jigsaw]

I can figure out how to install apache, how to set up SSL but I just don't understand how I get Subsonic to run ON apache - currently it runs as a jetty service on its own. What do I have to do here to make it use the apache ssl?

Subsonic runs on an application server. At this time it can be run on Tomcat or Jetty.
I would suggest you read this tutorial regarding integrating it in your Apache.
http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1569

[flacflac]

Thank you for the link. I am unsure what version of Subsonic organon installed to work with a running Apache. The regular Windows installer?

My apache is in C:\networking\Apache, so where would subsonic have to be installed to?

Would be great to make this work. Thank you.

[jigsaw]

It doesn't matter where Tomcat is installed, you just need to configure apache to redirect e.g. <yourhost>/subsonic to the tomcat. Both the standalone Jetty-version and the tomcat-version should be able to be integrated with apache, so that does not matter neither.

For setting up tomcat with apache in a windows environment you could check this site out: http://www.slideshare.net/topsealrocker ... windows-xp
I haven't set it up myself as I am running on a Linux environment, but I browsed the howto and it seemed quite good and straight-forward.

[flacflac]

Thanks for the reply, Jigsaw. Which one of the 2 servers would be offering the SSL support in this setup? Both? Only Apache?




Thanks.

[jigsaw]

The SSL configuration is done in Apache.
Apache is a web-server
Tomcat and Jetty are application servers which Subsonic can run on.
You can setup Apache to serve request through to the application server, be that Tomcat or Jetty ( doesn't matter ).

Is that clearer?

[flacflac]

Hi Jigsaw,

I understand now, thank you. I followed the tutorial you linked to, and for a moment I thought I had it - but after the second restart of my server my starting page when typing LOCALHOST is localhost/xampp (that was the toolbox my apache install came with). How can I have it display Tomcat's starting page again?

Thank you.

Oh and: that one moment where it correctly showed Tomcat's page I tried localhost/subsonic, which worked, but https.... with the port I assigned in the conf of Apache would NOT work. What would I have to change here?

Sorry, lots of confusion on my end.

[flacflac]

Okay, I finally got Tomcat to be a SECURE Tomcat.

Apparently on Windows you need to delete a file called tcnative-1.dll for SSL to work. I have no clue why, but after 6 hours of increasing insanity this is what's at fault. Weird. Anyways, I will try and work Subsonic with Tomcat for now, the incorporation into Apache will have to wait, don't wanna bug you much more with this.

If anyone needs some help setting this up on Windows, let me know, maybe I can help.

Thanks.

[jigsaw]

If anyone needs some help setting this up on Windows, let me know, maybe I can help.

Hi flacflac

Good to hear that you managed to work it out. I would suggest that you compose a tutorial for the setup and post it in the tutorials section of this forum. I think that will be very helpful for new users which then doesn't have to search around in the entire forum to locate the info.

-jigsaw