OpenSSL error preventing Apache2.2 startup on win32

Question

So I go to start my Apache2.2 service, which uses mod_ssl, from the command line with "-k start -e debug". It shows all the modules loading, waits a second or two, then returns me to the command prompt without error. The service, however, is no longer running. In the error log, there's this text:

Starting the Apache2.2-ssl service
The Apache2.2-ssl service is running.
zed OpenSSL library

That last line is not written to the log if I take off the "-e debug", and also returns zero hits on Google when quoted.

In the Event Viewer app log, there's this:

Faulting application httpd.exe, version 2.2.13.0, faulting module ssleay32.dll, version 0.9.8.11, fault address 0x0001a177.

This is on Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2. Any clues?

Answer 1

Turns out it was configuration related. I had been LoadModule-ing mod_ssl in a "push @PerlConfig" in a <Perl> section. While this works for other modules--auth_digest, authn_file, and authz_user among them--apparently it doesn't for mod_ssl.