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This guide will assist you in the installation of your SSL certificate on Apache. We have used a Comodo Positive SSL as an example below. However, the steps remain the same for all SSLs. Upload the certificate files on the server where your web-site is hosted.<\/p>\n

In case of Comodo certificates, you should receive the zip archive with *.crt and .ca-bundle files. Geotrust\/Thawte\/Symantec sends certificates in plain text. Simply save the certificates as txt files.<\/p>\n

Notepad will meet this demand. For Comodo PositiveSSL the files would appear like the ones below:<\/p>\n

COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt
\nCOMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt
\nAddTrustExternalCARoot.crt<\/p><\/div>\n

Combine CA certificates in the single file.<\/p>\n

If you received several CA certificates in separate files, you should combine them in the single file to make the CA bundle.<\/p>\n

For Comodo PositiveSSL CA certificates these are: AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt, COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt and COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt<\/p>\n

To combine them, run the following command in terminal:<\/p>\n

$ cat COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt >> bundle.crt<\/pre>\n
Edit your Apache VirtualHost file. If you do not have a record for port 443 in your VirtualHost, you should add it manually.<\/p>\n
Location of the Configuration file depends on the the server and OS version, some possible examples are listed bellow:<\/p>\n
Fedora\/CentOS\/RHEL: \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf
\nDebian and Debian based: \/etc\/apache2\/apache2.conf<\/p><\/div>\n
The situation for ubuntu on Apache differs, as the configurations for 443 and 80 ports for each site are located in separate files. You can find it at \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/ Edit or create the file with the VirtualHost for 443 port to set up the secure connection.<\/p>\n
Actually you can duplicate the record for port 80 (should be in your VirtulHost file by default) and change port 80 to port 443. Simply add it below non-secure module. In addition to the port change, you also need to add the special lines in the record:
\n

\nSSLEngine on
\nSSLCertificateFile “\/ssl\/*yourdomainname*.crt”
\nSSLCertificateKeyFile “\/ssl\/*your_private_key*.key”
\n<\/p><\/div>
\ncombined CA certificates in the file bundle.crt In the older Apache versions, the directive might be called SSLCertificateChainFile instead.<\/p>\n
Note: Starting from Apache 2.4.8 ‘SSLCertificateChainFile’ directive became obsolete. The chain of intermediate certificates can be added to the file with the domain certificate.
\n

\nSSLCACertificateFile “\/ssl\/bundle.crt”
\nListen 443<\/p>\n
DocumentRoot “\/var\/www”
\nServerName *your_domain_name*
\nSSLEngine on
\nSSLCertificateFile “\/ssl\/*your_domain_name*.crt”
\nSSLCertificateKeyFile “\/ssl\/*your_private_key*.key”
\nSSLCACertificateFile “\/ssl\/bundle.crt”<\/p>\n
<\/p><\/div>
\nNote: If you are using a multi-domain or wildcard certificates, it is necessary to modify the configuration files for each domain\/subdomain hosted on the server. You would need to specify the domain\/subdomain you need to secure and refer to the same certificate files in the VirtualHost record the way described above.<\/p>\n
Once you have modified the VirtualHost file, it is required to restart apache in order to apply the changes.<\/p>\n
You can restart Apache with the following command:<\/p>\n
# sudo service apache2 reload<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This guide will assist you in the installation of your SSL certificate on Apache. We have used a Comodo Positive SSL as an example below. However, the steps remain the same for all SSLs. Upload the certificate files on the server where your web-site is hosted. In case of Comodo certificates, you should receive the zip archive with *.crt and .ca-bundle files. Geotrust\/Thawte\/Symantec sends certificates in plain text. Simply save the certificates as txt files. Notepad will meet this demand. For Comodo PositiveSSL the files would appear like the ones below: Combine CA certificates in the single file. 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