purchase an SSL certificate<\/a> before installing your SSL certificate on Ubuntu.<\/p>\nStep 1:\u00a0 Download and Copy your certificate files<\/strong><\/p>\nFirst, download your intermediate and certificate files. Now copy them, along with your private key, to your server directory where you intend to keep your certificate and key files. Don\u2019t forget to make them readable by root only.<\/p>\n
Step 2: Find the Apache config file<\/strong><\/p>\nMost of the times, the configuration file of Ubuntu with Apache2 can be accessed at:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/your_site_name<\/em><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re not able to find it, run the below command.<\/p>\n
sudo a2ensite your_site_name<\/em><\/p>\nNow that you\u2019ve found the file you\u2019re looking for, open it with a text editor (such as Notepad) and find <VirtualHost> block consisting of Apache setting.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Find which SSL block you need to configure<\/strong><\/p>\nNow here, you have got two options. Do you want your website to be accessible through secure HTTPS as well as insecure HTTP? Or, you want to enable HTTPS only? If you want the former, you\u2019ll need to create two separate files in \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/<\/strong>. One will be used for port 80 (HTTP) and one for port 443 (HTTPS). If the latter is your choice, create only a single file.<\/p>\nStep 5: Configure the <VirtualHost> block<\/strong><\/p>\nHere\u2019s an example of a configured virtual host file:<\/p>\n
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1:443><\/p>\n
DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/<\/p>\n
SSLEngine on<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateFile \/path\/to\/your_domain_name.crt<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateKeyFile \/path\/to\/your_private.key<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateChainFile \/path\/to\/DigiCertCA.crt<\/p>\n
<\/VirtualHost><\/p>\n
To make it clear, this is what the lines of the above command represent:<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateFile \u2013 Your main certificate file<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateKeyFile \u2013 Your private key<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateChainFile \u2013 Your intermediate certificate file<\/p>\n
Step 6: Restart your server<\/strong><\/p>\nVoila! You have successfully installed an SSL certificate on Ubuntu using Apache2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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