Apache Web Server Ssl

1. Apache Web Server Versions
2. Apache Web Server Ssl Config
3. Apache Web Server Windows
4. Apache Web Server Ssl Certificate Installation

The reason is: the Apache web server needs access to the SSL certificate, the private key, and an intermediate CA (Certifying Authority) certificates if applicable. For modularity, it is better to separate the components into separate directories. SSL provides for secure communication between client and server by allowing mutual authentication, the use of digital signatures for integrity and encryption for privacy. The protocol is designed to support a range of choices for specific algorithms used for cryptography, digests and signatures. Apache web server is highly compatible with a variety of SSL certificates, such as Extended Validation (EV), Wildcard SSL certificate, Subject Alternative Name (SAN), High-Assurance SSL certificates and all the certificates having 256-bit encryption technology with 2048-bit CSR. A web server is a network service that serves content to a client over the web. This typically means web pages, but any other documents can be served as well. Web servers are also known as HTTP servers, as they use the hypertext transport protocol (HTTP). The Apache HTTP Server, httpd, is an open source web server developed by the Apache Software Foundation.

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.46 (httpd): 2.4.46 is the latest available version 2020-08-07.

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Before you start the installation process, please make sure that a CSR Code is generated, all validations are met, and the SSL Certificate is issued and downloaded.

To Install an SSL Certificate, Perform the Following Steps:

• Copy the certificate into the shell text editor and name the file “mydomain.crt”

Note: Copy the contents of the certificate from (and including) the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE---- line to the ---END CERTIFICATE--- line.

• Copy the certificate to the Apache Server Directory in which you plan to store your certificates (by default: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ or /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/)

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• Open the Apache Configuration file in a text editor. Apache configuration files are usually found in /etc/httpd. The main configuration file is usually named httpd.conf. In most cases, the <VirtualHost> blocks will be at the bottom of this httpd.conf file. Sometimes you will find <VirtualHost> blocks in a separate file in a directory like /etc/httpd/sites/ or in a file called ssl.conf.
• Locate the SSL VirtualHost associated with your certificate. Verify that you have the following two directives within this virtual host. Please add them if they are not present.
  • SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/domainname.crt (or server.crt)
  • SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/domainname.key (or server.key)

Note: Some instances of Apache will store Virtual Host information in an ssl.conf file. If your httpd.conf contains no Virtual Host information then you will need to locate and amend the ssl.conf as performed above.

• Save the changes and exit the shell editor.

Apache Web Server Versions

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Apache Web Server Ssl Config

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl

or

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart

Apache Web Server Windows

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Apache Web Server Ssl Certificate Installation

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