{"id":422,"date":"2013-11-15T06:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2022-04-22T01:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:39:58","slug":"ssl-certificate-installation-on-apache-web-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/blog\/ssl-certificate-installation-on-apache-web-server\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL Certificate Installation on Apache Web Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

SSL Certificate Installation Guideline for Apache Web Server<\/h2>\n

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

SSL Installation Guide for Apache Web Server Security<\/b><\/h3>\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

        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
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
 
\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
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Additional Resources for Apache Web Server SSL Certificate Installation<\/b><\/h4>\n