Bug 66525 - document when certificate/key/CRL/etc. files are reloaded
Summary: document when certificate/key/CRL/etc. files are reloaded
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Apache httpd-2
Classification: Unclassified
Component: mod_ssl (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4.54
Hardware: All All
: P2 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Apache HTTPD Bugs Mailing List
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Reported: 2023-03-11 03:37 UTC by Christoph Anton Mitterer
Modified: 2023-03-11 03:37 UTC (History)
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Description Christoph Anton Mitterer 2023-03-11 03:37:05 UTC 
Hey.

AFAICS, neither mod_ssl's documentation nor stopping.html really describes under which conditions certificate/key/CRL/etc. files are reloaded.

Since those are typically regularly exchanged, this information should be quite valuable.

It seems that httpd does *not* automatically detect exchanged files (via fnotify or so) or periodically reload those files... it *does* however seem that a graceful restart causes them to be reloaded (despite some claims in various websites/stackoverflow topics that deal with that question).

Would be nice if some information could be added.

Cheers,
Chris.