Enable SSL for Apache in Linux

Enter the root user through the command line

Open the/etc/apache2/ports. conf file to check whether port 443 is registered.

If

<Ifmodule mod_ssl.c>

Listen 443.

</Ifmodule>

Indicates that you have registered the instance.

Check whether the SSL module is loaded

Run apache2ctl-D dump_modules on the command line.

Check whether ssl_module is listed

If a2enmod SSL load ssl_module is not listed

Create a self-signed certificate

Mkdir/etc/apache2/SSL # create a certificate storage directory
OpenSSL req-New-X509-days 365-nodes-out/etc/apache2/SSL/Apache. pem-keyout/etc/apache2/SSL/Apache. Key # generate a certificate

Enter related information as prompted by each step

Note the machine name entered when the common name (eg, your name) prompt is displayed.

Run hostname to view

Go to the/etc/apache2/sites-avaiable directory and create the ssl_site file as follows:

<Virtualhost *: 443>

Serveradmin master@mydebian.com

Sslengine on # enable SSL

Sslcertificatefile/etc/apache2/SSL/Apache. pem # certificate generated path

Sslcertificatekeyfile/etc/apache2/SSL/Apache. Key # The generated Private Key Path.

Servername www.mydebian.com: 443

DocumentRoot/var/www/www.mydebian.com

<Directory/>

Options followsymlinks

AllowOverride none

</Directory>

<Directory/var/www/www.mydebian.com/>

Options indexes followsymlinks Multiviews

AllowOverride none

Order allow, deny

Allow from all

</Directory>

 

Errorlog/var/log/apache2/www_mydebian_com_error.log

Loglevel warn

Customlog/var/log/apache2/www_mydebian_com_access.log combined

Serversignature on

 

</Virtualhost>

Run a2ensite SSL-site to set the soft connection to/etc/apache2/sites-enables.

/Etc/init. d/apache2 reload Update Configuration

If no error is reported, the configuration is successful.

Create index.html in the/var/www/www.mydebian.comdirectory to access the page by default.

Access https: www.mydebian.com to view the result.