Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long

had trouble setting up ssl on ubuntu 8.04. keep getting Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long in firefox

this is how I fixed it:

create ssl certificate for apache on ubuntu 8.04 :
sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo /usr/sbin/make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
cp default ssl

edit ssl, add
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

enable site,
a2ensite ssl

htpasswd syntax

add new user to subversion password file

htpasswd -m /etc/svn-auth-file sally

change application context in grails

to change the application context in a grails app,
in Config.groovy add grails.app.context=/mycontextpath