Detailed explanation of how to enable https service in Apache under Linux environment

This article describes how to enable https service in Apache under Linux environment. Share with you for your reference, the details are as follows:

First, apply for an SSL certificate. Taking Alibaba Cloud as an example, find the domain name management:

Free SSL certificate:

Configure a single domain name free certificate: (valid for one year)

Click OK to verify the certificate:

After successful review, you can download the certificate:

Download the SSL certificate for Apache:

I unzipped these three and put them in the Apache installation directory /etc/httpd/cert

Add this to httpd.conf (import all conf files under the conf.d folder):

Include conf.d/*.conf

Run these two:

yum install mod_ssl
yum install openssl openssl-devel

Find this file /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf :

Replace all contents:

<VirtualHost *:443>
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
  ServerName www.msllws.top
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/cert/932538_www.msllws.top_public.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/cert/932538_www.msllws.top.key
  SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/cert/932538_www.msllws.top_chain.crt
</VirtualHost>

 
NameVirtualHost *:443

Then you can access https

I hope this article will help you configure your Linux server.