Are you looking for a quick and easy guide for installing an SSL certificate on your Apache Web Server?<\/p>\n
Your search comes to an end with RapidSSLOnline, which offers world\u2019s easiest and fastest SSL installation setup for Apache Web Server<\/strong>. \u00a0It helps you How to configure or install an SSL certificate on Apache Web Server<\/strong> without any security errors. Follow these steps for hassle-free SSL certificate installation session.<\/p>\n Step 1:<\/strong> Download your primary and RapidSSL intermediate SSL certificates, including the private key in a specific folder on the web server.<\/p>\n Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Now, open the Apache configuration file from the location \/etc\/httpd using text editor. Normally, the main configuration file in Apache will be named httpd.conf. Now, you can see the <VirtualHost> blocks at the bottom of httpd.conf file. However, in some cases <VirtualHost> will be available at a specific location in the directory such as \/etc\/httpd\/vhosts.d\/ or \/etc\/httpd\/sites\/ or in a file called ssl.conf.<\/p>\n Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Virtual Host is required in this case where a user wants to access a website in both the versions, such as https and non-https. In order to do so, you need to copy the existing virtual host and change port 80 to 443.<\/p>\n Step 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Now, add necessary lines in Virtual Host<\/p>\n Step 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Now change your file\u2019s name according to the following instruction to meet the right authentication with certificate files.<\/p>\n SSLCertificateFile<\/b> would be the primary certificate file for yourhost name<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n .SSLCertificateKeyFile<\/b> would be the key file generated when you produce the CSR.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n SSLCertificateChainFile<\/b> would be the intermediate certificate file and it would be made available by a Certificate Authority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\nSSL Installation Guide for Apache Web Server Security<\/b><\/h3>\n
DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/website\r\n ServerName www.name-of-site.com\r\n SSLEngine on\r\n SSLCertificateFile \/etc\/ssl\/crt\/primary.crt\r\n SSLCertificateKeyFile \/etc\/ssl\/crt\/private.key\r\n SSLCertificateChainFile \/etc\/ssl\/crt\/intermediate.crt<\/pre>\n
\nStep 6:\u00a0<\/strong>With this, you have reached the last step of the installation session. Save the following text changes occurred in the virtual host and close the text editor.
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\nStep 7:\u00a0<\/strong>That\u2019s It \u2013 Restart your apache web server<\/strong> using restart commands:<\/p>\n\/usr\/local\/apache\/bin\/apachectl startssl<\/pre>\n
\/usr\/local\/apache\/bin\/apachectl restart<\/pre>\n
Additional Resources for Apache Web Server SSL Certificate Installation<\/b><\/h4>\n