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Re: [EP-tech] eprints 3.4.7 installation: cgi does not work

Hi Herbert,

I have reconfigured an EPrints repository that was running on 80 and 443 and reconfigured so it runs on 8080 and 443, so the 10_core.pl config looks the same as what you provided albeit a different hostname.  I then ran the following commands:

/opt/eprints3/bin/generate_apachconf --system --replace
apachectl restart

I did initially have a problem access the static pages on port 8080, as I did not have Apache listening on port 8080 but when I updated Apache's core configuration to include a 'Listen 8080' and restarted Apache I could access the static pages and then click on Login and go to the local login page.  I am not sure what is going wrong for you if you have done the same as what I described above.  As my Apache config in  /opt/eprints3/cfg/apache/ARCHIVE_ID.conf looks much the same as the copy you included.

My best guess is that there may be some EPrints or Apache configuration that is set to port 80.  I am not sure where this could be.  I assume this EPrints repository was never configured on port 80?  On my test instance, if I now try to go to this host on port 80, I get the Apache splash screen page.  So I don't believe that there needs to be a redirect from port 8080 via port 80 to get the the login page on HTTPS (port 443).  The only other thing I can think of is that your HTTPS configuration for EPrints is not linked in to Apache.  What does the following command show, when run as root:

httpd -S

if you are running RHEL-based Linux or:

source /etc/apache2/envvars && apache2 -S

if you are running Debian/Ubuntu based Linux.  However, if you did not have HTTPS config properly linked into Apache, then you would likely get an error message in your browser like:

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to HOSTNAME. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

Regards

David Newman

On 02/01/2026 10:08 am, Herbert Hrachovec wrote:
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Hello,

the epadmin routine produced the standard eprints site including the
static files but login and account creation failed "URL not found" by
apache2 on port 80.

Since this is no dedicated server eprints is running on port 8080.

The 10_core.pl  is

# This file was created by bin/epadmin
# You can regenerate this file by doing ./bin/epadmin config_core spkt
$c->{host} = 'sammelpunkt.philo.at';
$c->{port} = '8080';
$c->{aliases} = [];
$c->{securehost} = 'sammelpunkt.philo.at';
$c->{secureport} = 443;
$c->{http_root} = undef;

and /opt/eprints3/cfg/apache/spkt.conf

#
# apache.conf include file for spkt
#
# Any changes made here will be lost if you run generate_apacheconf
# with the --replace option
#

# The main virtual host for this repository
<VirtualHost *:8080>
  ServerName sammelpunkt.philo.at

  ServerAdmin herbovec@methexis.info

    Include /opt/eprints3/cfg/perl_module_isolation_vhost.conf

  <Location "">
    PerlSetVar EPrints_ArchiveID spkt

    Options +ExecCGI
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
       Require all granted
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
    </IfModule>
  </Location>
  # Set by $c->{max_upload_filesize}
  LimitRequestBody 1073741824


  # Note that PerlTransHandler can't go inside
  # a "Location" block as it occurs before the
  # Location is known.
  PerlTransHandler +EPrints::Apache::Rewrite

</VirtualHost>

Can some one advise? Thank you in advance,

h.h. 

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