Linux Mint 12 : apache2 : enable HTTPS

Here’s an explanation of how to enable HTTPS.
This is a small tip.
I usually use CentOS’s apache which is installed via yum and the way of enabling HTTPS on an apache which is installed via apt-get is a little bit different way of CentOS’s apache,

install apache

# apt-get install apache2 -y

# apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu) Server built:   Feb 14 2012 16:35:38

- load mod_ssl

find in which directory mod_ssl.so is.

# updatedb # locate mod_ssl /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so

make *.load file under /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ directory.

# echo "LoadModule ssl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so" > /etc/ap ache2/mods-enabled/mod_ssl.load # cat /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mod_ssl.load LoadModule ssl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so

restart apache

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

or

you can load ssl module by e2enmod command.

# a2enmod ssl # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

- enable ssl site

# a2ensite default-ssl Enabling site default-ssl. To activate the new configuration, you need to run:  service apache2 reload

after issuing “a2ensite default-ssl”, /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default-ssl file will be created , which is a synbolic link file to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.

confirm apache is listening 443 port

# lsof -ni:443 COMMAND   PID     USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME apache2 12572     root    4u  IPv4  26762      0t0  TCP *:https (LISTEN) apache2 12577 www-data    4u  IPv4  26762      0t0  TCP *:https (LISTEN) apache2 12578 www-data    4u  IPv4  26762      0t0  TCP *:https (LISTEN)

access to apache server’s IP over HTTPS.




that’s it :)