Enabled HTTPS in WordPress Docker Container

instructions.md

Originally posted by @ajdruff at docker-library/wordpress#46 (comment)

1. expose port 443 by adding the following to your compose file:

     ports:
       - "443:443"       
   

2. restart your container (be sure your db and web files are on persistent storage!)

    docker-compose down
    docker-compose up -d
   

3. attach to the running container

      docker exec -t -i CONTAINER_ID /bin/bash
   

4. install ssl-cert ( automatically installs self-signed cert)

    apt-get update && \
        apt-get install -y  --no-install-recommends ssl-cert && \
        rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
        a2enmod ssl && \
        a2ensite default-ssl
   

You may get a prompt about restarting apache before the new settings take effect.

  service apache2 reload

1. exit the container (won't kill your container)

    CTRL-P-Q
   

2. Access your https://example.com , adding an exception to your browser to ignore the prompt about untrusted CA