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 <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> 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:joe.biz@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Donnerstag, 3. November 2005 19:02 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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