Installing the Secure Server After Red Hat Linux

If you installed Red Hat Linux 7.1 without installing the secure server packages and then, at a later date, decide that you want to install the secure server, you can. The easiest way to do this is to use RPM, Gnome-RPM, or Kpackage to install the RPM packages included on the Red Hat Linux CD.

Stop Any Running Web Server Processes

Before you begin this process, if you are running any Web server on your system, you must stop the server process before installing the secure Web server. If you are running an Apache Web server, stop the server process by issuing one or both of the following commands:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpsd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop

Using Gnome-RPM or Kpackage

If you are running GNOME or KDE, you can use a GUI program like Gnome-RPM or Kpackage to install the secure server packages.

More information on how to use Gnome-RPM is included in the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide. Instructions on how to use Kpackage are included on the Kpackage Handbook Web page at http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackage.

After you have installed the necessary packages, the next step is to create your key and obtain a certificate. Please continue to the section called An Overview of Certificates and Security.

Using RPM

The secure Web server packages are provided in RPM format, so you can install the packages using RPM. See the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide for more information about RPM. See Table 13-1 if you are not sure which packages to install.

After you have installed the secure server packages, if you are upgrading any version of Apache, please see the section called Upgrading from a Previous Version of Apache. If you are not upgrading Apache, continue to the section called An Overview of Certificates and Security.