Apache with HTTPs on Ubuntu

Apache with HTTPs

Basic idea
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/forum/server/apache2/SSL)

1. setup ssl ceritifcates
   1. you can use apache_ssl_certificate (some newer version of ubuntu are missing this, see below)

   2. $sudo apache2-ssl-certificate -days 365

2. enable mod_ssl

   1. $sudo a2enmod

3. Listen to port 443
   1. add ‘Listen 443′ to ports.conf (without the quotes)
4. setup a apache site under sites-available
   1. make a copy the sites-available/default to sites-available/ssl
   2. modify available-sites/default

      1. NameVirtualHost *:80

      2. <virtualhost *:80>

   3. modify available-sites/ssl

      1. NameVirtualHost *:443

      2. <virtualhost *:443>

      3. SSLEngine On

      4. SLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

5. enable the ssl site

   1. sudo a2ensite ssl

6. setup rewrite rules for any of the pages that you want to be accessed always by ssl; include these rules in default site
   1. for example if you want your bugzilla page to go to https
   2. RewriteEngine on
   3. RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
      RewriteRule ^/bugzilla(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/bugzilla$1 [L,R]

Instructions

apache2-ssl-certifcate not found

• the apache2-ssl-certificate and other reqd files are not found in Fiesty and some other distributions
• the bug that discusses this is here https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/apache2/+bug/77675
• they discuss what can be done and one of them suggests using steps given in mod ssl docs directly; the link for mod-ssl docs is below

Links from which info was compiled

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/forum/server/apache2/SSL
• http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-4466.html
  • discusses apache and apache2; you can find apache2 if you scroll down
• http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/Apache2_SSL_in_Ubuntu#Apache2_SSL
• http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_faq.html#ToC28
  • mod ssl docs -lots of information; was mentioned in a ubuntu bug-report
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_howto.html