DigiCert:<\/p>\n
Godaddy:<\/p>\n
Guide:<\/p>\n
Once a certificate and key have been purchased and generated, you will need to upload the files to your server.<\/p>\n
If FTP is enabled on the server I would recommend Filezilla<\/a> or CyberDuck<\/a> FTP Clients to upload your files.<\/p>\n Once the files are uploaded, SSH into the server and Next, setup your virtual host for port 443. Before you get started, make sure your server has an SSL Engine. If not, you may need to install mod_ssl<\/a>. To run the mod_ssl install command use the following code:<\/p>\n Now you will be able to setup the virtual host by configuring the Apache mod_ssl module. On a standard install, the file may be located at \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/ssl.conf.<\/p>\n The default file will have a number of instructions interspersed between lines of code. The most important lines of code will need to be edited with your server and sites information. See below: (be sure to remove quote marks when entering your information)<\/p>\n # Uncomment the following directive when using client certificate authentication ... Test your Apache configuration using the following command:<\/p>\n If no errors have occurred, restart Apache to complete the SSL configuration. Use the following command:<\/p>\n Your website will now have a green padlock when using the HTTPS protocol. To redirect all non secure traffic automatically to HTTPS, edit your site’s non-secure port 80 Virtual Host.<\/p>\n On a standard install, this file would be found in \/etc\/httpd\/. Edit the virtual host using the following (be sure to remove quote marks):<\/p>\n Restart Apache and you’re all set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DigiCert: How to create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) How to install SSL Certificate on Apache Godaddy: Apache: Generate CSR (Certificate Signing Request) Install a certificate (CentOS) Guide: Moving to HTTPS Once a certificate and key have been purchased and generated, you will need to upload the files to your server. If FTP is enabled … Continue reading “Installing an SSL Certificate on Apache”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sls.gmu.edu\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}sudo mv<\/code> the files into the \/etc\/ssl\/ directory. <\/p>\nyum install mod_ssl<\/code><\/p>\n
\n
\n ...
\n SSLEngine on
\n SSLCertificateFile \"\/etc\/ssl\/signed certificate\"
\n SSLCertificateChainFile \"\/etc\/ssl\/intermediate_certificate\"
\n SSLCertificateKeyFile \"\/etc\/ssl\/private\/key\"<\/p>\n
\n #SSLCACertificateFile \/path\/to\/ca_certs_for_client_authentication<\/p>\n
\n<\/VirtualHost><\/code><\/p>\napachectl configtest<\/code><\/p>\n
\napachectl stop
\napachectl start<\/code><\/p>\n
\n ServerName \"Site's url (don't include protocol) ex: mysite.example.com\"
\n DocumentRoot \"Site files directory ex: \/var\/www\/html\/site\"
\n Redirect permanent \/secure \"Site's url with new secure protocol https:\/\/mysite.example.com\/\"
\n<\/VirtualHost>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n