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Startup Error in SSL Mode on Windows 2008 64-bit Platform (127559/133648)

Symptom:

If you enable the Apache Web Server to operate in SSL mode on Windows 2008 64-bit platform, the following error might occur:

C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\secure-proxy\httpd\bin>configssl.bat -enable
Reconfiguring the SiteMinder Secure Proxy service
The SiteMinder Secure Proxy service is successfully installed.
Testing httpd.conf....
Errors reported here must be corrected before the service can be started.
Syntax error on line 62 of C:/Program Files (x86)/CA/secure-proxy/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:
SSLSessionCache: Invalid argument: size has to be >= 8192 bytes

This error occurs because on 64-bit Windows environments, the 32-bit applications are installed under the Program Files (x86) folder by default. Parentheses are not allowed in Windows folder names. This is a known Apache issue; Apache does not have an official release for Windows 64-bit operating environments.

Solution:

On 64-bit Windows environments, install Federation Manager at some other location, for example, the C:\CA folder.