Invalid command 'SSLEngine' when updating virtualservers

Asked Apr 25 '20 at 01:44

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I added a virtualserver to my apache config file so I can use SSL on my site like this:

<VirtualHost *:443>
 DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/site"
 ServerName mysite.net
 SSLEngine on
 SSLCertificateFile /etc/webmin/letsencrypt-cert.pem
 SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/webmin/letsencrypt-key.pem
 SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/webmin/letsencrypt-ca.pem
</VirtualHost>

but as I restart Apache I get this error:

Invalid command 'SSLEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

I consulted similar topics on this site and I installed mod_ssl but no use. The topics are like 8 years old now so maybe something has changed. What am I missing?

Thank you.

asked Apr 25 '20 at 01:44

Cain Nuke

Is the mod_ssl package installed and verified? rpm -V mod_ssl? – jsbillings Apr 25 '20 at 02:25
hmmm I thought it was installed after I ran yum install mod_ssl but if I run your command it says its not installed. Why is that? – Cain Nuke Apr 25 '20 at 02:40
@CainNuke so what is the output for yum -y install mod_ssl ? – binarysta Apr 25 '20 at 04:19
A lot of terrible VPS hosters create packages or config files that tell yum/rpm that they provide Centos packages so you can’t install the CentOS package. What does rpm -q —whatprovides mod_ssl return? – jsbillings Apr 26 '20 at 01:58
never mind. I solved by adding '-y'. Thank you. – Cain Nuke Apr 26 '20 at 05:35

Invalid command 'SSLEngine' when updating virtualservers

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