It's my understanding that the SSL Certificate is bound to the IP of the site, NOT the DNS name. So if you're moving to a new machine AND changing the IP address, you may need to get your certificate recreated. If you moving to a new machine, but keeping the IP address, you should be able to simply move the files as explained elsewhere in the thread.
Sean ' On 11/4/05, Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Plain text please... > > The certificate is bound to the website - not the physical machine. The > certificate is just a file like any other. You simply have to copy the file > containing the certificate to the new machine. > > If you change the filestructure on the new machine, you need to define the > path to the cert and key in the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile > directives. > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Donnerstag, 3. November 2005 19:02 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] copy ssl cert from old machine to replacement > machine? > > > i have a machine that has apache2 and ssl setup on domain.com > > i want to replace that machine with a new one ... do i have to request a new > certificate or is there an easy way to copy the certificate to the new > machine that will be replacing the old one as the server for domain.com? > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen > Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a > private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business > activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et > personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, > proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or > privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this > message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately > delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also > immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or > indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this > message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves > the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any > views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except > where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them > to be the views of the sender's company. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
