{
  "id": 12870548,
  "title": "The Apache SSL line that looks right and still won't start",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/the-apache-ssl-line-that-looks-right-and-still-wont-start",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ba796/the-apache-ssl-line-that-looks-right-and-still-wont-start-58dc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The article discusses the challenges faced when generating an Apache SSL configuration using an AI-powered config generator for Nginx and Apache. The author discovered two errors in the Apache SSL configuration, both related to the same line. The first error was due to the placement of the SSLStaplingCache directive, which is a server config directive and needs to be placed inside the main config file (httpd.conf) or a dedicated config file (ssl.conf) for Apache. The second error was a syntax mistake in the value of the SSLStaplingCache directive, which should have been written as \"shmcb:/tmp/ssl_stapling_cache(32768)\" instead of the Nginx syntax \"shared:SSL:10m\". The article also highlights the importance of testing Apache in a Docker container and ensuring that the ErrorLog is pointed to a file for proper error messages during startup.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}