1. First, install apache2
sudo apt-get install apache2
2. Then, install the ssl-cert package
sudo apt-get install ssl-cert
3. Create the ssl directory
sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
4. Generate the certificate with a hardcoded lifetime
sudo make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
5. Enable the ssl module and reload apache (if reload does not work, use restart instead)
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
6. Make a copy of the default virtual host configuration
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl
7. Edit the new configuration file with
sudo nano -w /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl
As shown below:
NameVirtualHost *:443
<virtualhost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
DocumentRoot /var/www/
<directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</directory>
<directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
# Commented out for Ubuntu
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</directory>
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ServerSignature On
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</directory>
</virtualhost>
8. Enable the SSL virtual host
sudo a2ensite ssl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
9. Modify the default file for HTTP
sudo nano -w /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
Add the following to the file:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<virtualhost *:80>
10. Restart the apache server
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Troubleshooting:
If it still does not work, check for the following error:
ssl_error_rx_record_too_long and Apache SSL
and run the following command:
a2ensite default-ssla2ensite default-ssla2ensite default-sslsudo a2ensite default-ssl