1. Download and install Apache2.2.x HTTP Server with OpenSSL version for Windows.
2. Copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll to your C:/WINDOWS/system32 folder. Usually the files are located in the /bin directory of your installation.
3. Download openssl.cnf from neilstuff.com and place it where openssl.exe is located. Usually in the /bin directory.
4. Create self-signed SSL
   • Open a command prompt in the directory where you openssl.exe is located (/bin folder).
   • Generate a CSR
     openssl req –config openssl.cnf –new –out –server.csr –keyout –server.pem
   • Create the key
     openssl rsa –in server.pem –out server.key
   • Create the cert
     openssl x509 –in server.csr –out server.crt –req –signkey server.key –days 365
5. Enable SSL in Apache2.2.x
   • Open conf/httpd.conf and uncomment the line that loads mod_ssl (LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so), and the line which loads the httpd-ssl.conf file (Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf).
   • Open conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf and change VirtualHost settings (DocumentRoot, ServerAdmin, ServerName, ErrorLog, TransferLog). Also, change SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertficateKeyFile to point to your .crt and .key files.
6. Restart Apache

Another snapshot agent for the subscription or subscriptions is running, or the server is working on a previous request by the same agent

I have searched for solutions in MSSQL forums and documentations but I cannot find any. To my desperation, I tried to look on the properties of the job that’s being created in the process above and changed the account that run the snapshot agent associated to it to SQL Agent and that solved my problem. I spent too much wasted hours on this and wanted to share how I worked around to find the solution.

Hope this will help those who had the same experience with mine.

• Install Oracle 10g Release 2 64-bit client software (available from Oracle website)
• Install Oracle 10g Release 2 64-bit ODAC software (available from Oracle website)
• Restart SQL services
• Configure OraOLEDB.Oracle under \Linked Servers\Providers in SSMS in its properties making sure that “Allow inprocess” is enabled
• Create the linked server
• Test it

If you still can’t figure out how to do the above, see detailed step here http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1433

SELECT * FROM sys.servers

If the server name does not reflect the name of your clustered instance, rename it by dropping the old name and adding the corrected name. Drop the incorrect server name by this command

sp_dropserver @server='SERVERNAME_INCORRECT'

Then add the new and correct virtual server name as

sp_addserver @server='SERVERNAME_CORRECT', @local='LOCAL'

Then restart SQL Server service and replication should work fine.

USE [database]

EXEC sp_removedbreplication

GO

Go to your installation and edit /app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/varien.php as suggested below

$cookieParams = array(
   ‘lifetime’ => $cookie->getLifetime(),
   ‘path’  => $cookie->getPath() /*,
   ‘domain’ =>  $cookie->getConfigDomain(),
   ‘cookieParams’ =>  $cookie->isSecure(),
   ‘httponly’ => $cookie->getHttponly()*/
);

/*
 if (!$cookieParams['httponly']) {
   unset($cookieParams['httponly']);
   if  (!$cookieParams['secure']) {
      unset($cookieParams['secure']);
      if  (!$cookieParams['domain']) {
         unset($cookieParams['domain']);
      }
   }
}

if  (isset($cookieParams['domain'])) {
   $cookieParams['domain'] =  $cookie->getDomain();
}
*/

This works for Magento 1.4.0.1.

First, you may need an administrator account like root to execute below. When enabling the root account, make sure you know what you’re doing. It’s not a good practice to enable it. You need the following:
1. libmcrypt-2.5.8, which you can pick up here
2. PHP 5.3.0 source, which you grab here and
3. Xcode 3.2 tools, from the Snow Leopard installer

Next, create a /src directory in root and place the downloaded files. Move to the libmcrypt-2.5.8 directory, and type in this …

MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 CFLAGS='-O3 -fno-common -arch i386 -arch x86_64' LDFLAGS='-O3 -arch i386 -arch x86_64' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -fno-common -arch i386 -arch x86_64' ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking

Next, type in …

make -j6

Then finally …

make install

Libmcrypt is now ready. Proceed with configuring PHP.

Move back to /src, then down to php-5.3.0/ext/mcrypt – type …

/usr/bin/phpize

Then configure as

MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 CFLAGS='-O3 -fno-common -arch i386 -arch x86_64' LDFLAGS='-O3 -arch i386 -arch x86_64' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -fno-common -arch i386 -arch x86_64' ./configure --with-php-config=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/bin/php-config

make -j6

make install

Rename /etc/php.ini.default to /etc/php.ini. Edit it and ensure that enable_dl = On but do not remove the ; from in front of ;extension_dir = "./". Add one line to the .ini file in the Dynamic Extensions section… extension=mcrypt.so

Save your /etc/php.ini and restart Apache. You should be all set. Verify using phpinfo().

For MacPorts users, there is a good tuts here.

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