enable_ssl_and_create _self_signed_certificate.md

Apache enable SSL

To enable ssl following these steps:

1. Run the llowing commands:

 root@root#a2enmod ssl
 root@root#a2ensite default-ssl.cnf

2. Make a directory in /etc/apache2/ and cd to it:

root@root#mkir /etc/apache2/ssl
root@root#cd /etc/apache2/ssl

Create self-sighned sertificate

3. Make a certificate then create key and pem file

root@root#make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf apache.crt
root@root#cp apache.crt apache.pem
root@root#cp apache.crt apache.key

4. Open the htaccess:

root@root#nano/etc/apache2/site-enable/default-ssl.conf

then add the change these line to:

SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt
SSLCertificateKey /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key

save and exit. 5. Restart the apache service:

root@root#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6. Disable the http:

root@root#nano /etc/apache2/ports.conf

comment this line:

listen 80