[SSL-Guide] https via VirtualHost

[Avast]

This guide requires access to your v-hosts on your root!

If you want to set up a ssl-certificate you have to change and add some things to your v-hosts-file.

1. You have to change the typical first line:

<VirtualHost *:80>

to:

<VirtualHost *:443>

Now your apache know, that you're using ssl.

2. The apache has to know, where the ssl-files are.
Add this lines:

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.crt  #Path to your .crt file
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.key #Path to your .key file
ServerSignature On

Your final v-host-file could look like this:

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin postmaster@yoursite.com
 
ServerName yoursite.com
ServerAlias www.yoursite.com
DocumentRoot /home/public_html/www/yoursite
 
<Directory /home/public_html/www/yoursite>
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/yoursite_error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/yoursite_access.log combined
 
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.key
ServerSignature On
 
</VirtualHost>

Now every http request will be changed to a https-request 😉

 

[Rodolfo]

Cool, I will stick this topic.