Apache httpd

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Notes

To get SSL working with virtual hosting (or at all, really), I had to do the following:

• in apache2.conf:

# added above the "Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/" line:
NameVirtualHost *:443
# added below it:
SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1 +SSLv3
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/certs/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/certs/server.key

• in ports.conf:

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
   # SSL name based virtual hosts are not yet supported, therefore no
   # NameVirtualHost statement here
   Listen 443 https
</IfModule>

• Pick which domain to serve for https requests, and add to that site's config file:

<VirtualHost *:443>
       SSLEngine on
       (copy of essential stuff from <VirtualHost:*>)
</VirtualHost>

• (and finally...) Remember to forward port 443 on the router.

useful diagnostics

To see accesses to your Apache server in more-or-less real-time, run the following from your Apache logfile directory:

find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f

Links

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• Apache HTTP Server homepage