UPDATE: Apache now officially includes openssl support. See http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/.

I wanted to compile Apache with SSL support, and found the instructions at http://www.devside.net/web/server/windows/apache-ssl-deflate very helpful, but I wanted to automate the process as much as possible.

So I created the makefile apache.mak. To use, you will need to have Cygwin (including flex), ActiveState Perl, an assembler (at least MASM 8.0, I haven't tried NASM), and MSVC 6.0 or later installed. Review the paths at the beginning of apache.mak, and modify as needed. Then, to compile Apache, simply type:

$ make -f apache.mak

The binaries are available here.

To install, follow these steps:

1. Download apache_2.2.6-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi:
   

   wget http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_2.2.6-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi

2. Install Apache:
   

   msiexec /i apache_2.2.6-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi

3. Stop Apache:
   

   net stop Apache2

4. Uninstall the Apache service:
   

   "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2.2\bin\httpd" -k uninstall

5. Kill the ApacheMonitor:
   

   taskkill /im apachemonitor.exe

6. Download apache-2.2.6_openssl-0.9.8g.zip.
   

7. Unzip into the directory you installed Apache in:
   

   unzip -o -d "c:/Program Files/Apache Group" apache-2.2.6_openssl-0.9.8g.zip

8. If you are using Cygwin's unzip, and are using NTFS, grant the SYSTEM user full rights to the Apache2 directory, as unzip may have removed them:
   

   cacls "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2.2" /E /G SYSTEM:F /T

9. Install Apache as a service with SSL support:
   

   "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2.2\bin\htttd" -D SSL -k install

10. And finally, start Apache:
    

    net start Apache2

To verify it's working, browse to https://127.0.0.1/. Since this is a self signed certificate, you will receive a message about an unknown certificate authority. Simply click 'Ok' and you should see Apache's standard welcome page.

Note: The .so files are actually Win32 DLL executables, they just have the standard Linux file extension.

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