How to configure HTTPS on Apache 2

Configure HTTPS on Apache 2

1. Create httpd.pem & httpd.key file

# mkdir /data/www/project/ssl/

# openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /data/www/project/ssl/httpd.pem -keyout /data/www/project/ssl/httpd.key

2. Configure apache2 (httpd.conf)

Listen 80

<VirtualHost *:80>

DocumentRoot “/data/www/project/web”

Options  FollowSymLinks  -ExecCGI -Includes -Indexes

DirectoryIndex index.php

<Directory “/data/www/project/web”>

AllowOverride All

Allow from All

</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

## HTTPS ##

Listen 443

NameVirtualHost *:443

<VirtualHost *:443>

SSLEngine On

SSLCertificateFile /data/www/project/ssl/httpd.pem

SSLCertificateKeyFile /data/www/project/ssl/httpd.key

#ServerAdmin info@mydomain.com

#ServerName xxxx

DocumentRoot /data/www/project/web

#ErrorLog /data/www/project/log/

#CustomLog /data/www/project/log/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

3. Configure redirect SSL with .htaccess

# vim /data/www/project/web/.htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

</IfModule>

4. Note:

- Enable mod_rewrite

- Install openssl (here)