changeset 909:5622e4ac108b

note about missing libssl-dev
author Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
date Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:14:04 +0100
parents 34e9e5e3b609
children f9da5a7bd45f
files Sphinx/source/faq/https.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Sphinx/source/faq/https.rst	Tue Jan 10 08:01:29 2023 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/https.rst	Fri Jan 20 08:14:04 2023 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
 3. Modify the ``SslEnabled`` and ``SslCertificate`` variables in the
    :ref:`Orthanc configuration file <configuration>`.
 
+**Warning:** If you have installed Orthanc using the official package
+of a GNU/Linux distribution of the Debian family (such as Ubuntu),
+make sure that the ``libssl-dev`` package is installed. Otherwise,
+Orthanc will fail to start with the error message ``The TCP port of
+the HTTP server is privileged or already in use``. This is because
+Civetweb (the embedded HTTP server of Orthanc) cannot find the
+``/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so`` shared library (`reference
+<https://groups.google.com/g/orthanc-users/c/5N1K9iniBoA/m/EXiYrKt3BQAJ>`__).
+
         
 Examples
 --------