in reply to Apache statistics with perl

Does your Apache server provide HTTPS access on port 443? Do you have LWP::Protocol::https installed? What error message will you receive if you try to access your site using LWP::UserAgent and use response object's status_line or as_string methods?
use LWP::UserAgent; my $r = (LWP::UserAgent::->new)->get("https://10.28.128.138/server-sta +tus?auto"); print $r->is_success ? "success" : $r->as_string , $/;