I've been doing some spring cleaning in my hard drive and stumbled across these Apache + modssl/OpenSSL + modperl/Perl installation instructions from over a decade ago. It's really remarkable how far Open Source has come in that time.
Steps:# extract the packages$ gzip -d -c apache_1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -$ gzip -d -c mod_ssl-2.8.x-1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -$ gzip -d -c openssl-0.9.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -$ gzip -d -c mod_perl-1.xx.tar.gz | tar xvf -$ gzip -d -c mm-1.1.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -# configure and build the OpenSSL library:$ cd openssl-0.9.x$ sh configno-threads$ make$ make test$ cd ..# configure and build the MM Shared Memory library$ cd mm-1.1.x$ ./configure --disable-shared$ make$ cd ..# apply mod_ssl to Apache source tree$ cd mod_ssl-2.8.x-1.3.x$ ./configure --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x$ cd ..# apply mod_perl to Apache source tree# and build/install the Perl-side of mod_perl$ cd mod_perl-1.xx$ perl Makefile.PL EVERYTHING=1 APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.x/src USE_APACI=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 DO_HTTPD=1$ make$ make install$ cd ..# increase the Apache hard server limit from 256 to 1024$ vi apache_1.3.x/src/include/httpd.h# build/install Apache with mod_ssl and mod_perl$ cd apache_1.3.x$ SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.x EAPI_MM=../mm-1.1.x ./configure --prefix=/path/to/apache --enable-module=ssl --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a --enable-module=perl --enable-rule=SSL_EXPERIMENTAL --disable-rule=SSL_COMPAT --enable-module=rewrite --enable-module=so --disable-module=userdir --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE$ make$ make certificate$ make install$ cd ..# cleanup after work$ rm -rf mod_perl-1.xx$ rm -rf mod_ssl-2.8.x-1.3.x$ rm -rf apache_1.3.x$ rm -rf openssl-0.9.x$ rm -rf mm-1.1.x
