Topic: mod_ssl.so not loading after upgrading from vs16 to vs17

[FRubin]

We are working on updating all of our Apache installs from VS16 to VS17. On my test machine, I added the new Apache and copied from VS16 the httpd.conf, the cert and key files, and some other configuration files from VS16. I then repeat the same steps I do during every upgrade, and test the conf files to ensure I did not miss anything as some installs have miscellaneous modules that need to be copied over. When I did httpd -t, I got the following error:

conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load modules/mod_ssl.so into server: The specified module could not be found.

I checked the modules directory to verify that it was present and it was there. I then noticed that we did not have the correct version Visual C++ Redistributable Visual Studio 2015-2022, so I updated that and rebooted the server. Following the reboot, I tested the conf again and received the same error.

This is on Windows Server 2016 Standard, and we are going from 2.4.56 VS16 to 2.4.57 VS17.

As a result of this step up to VS17, should I use the new httpd.conf file from VS17 and then copy over the custom configurations from the old file? Or is there something simple that I am missing?

Thank you all for your help, it is greatly appreciated!

[FRubin]

This can be disregarded. Our ServerRoot in httpd.conf points to a symlink that we use so we do not have to modify the conf file each time. That symlink was pointing to the VS16 install and once I changed the ServerRoot to point to this version of apache, it found it.