APACHE SSL

IP Based Hosting (APACHE + SSL)

  

<SERVER>

1) Go to SSL Configuration File.

# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

        <In Global Section>

        Listen 192.168.0.102:443

        Listen 192.168.0.104:443

 

        <In Virtual Host_1>

                       <VirtualHost 192.168.0.102:443>

                                      DocumentRoot “/opt/viplav”

                                      ServerName 192.168.0.102:443

                       </VirtualHost>

 

        <In Virtual Host_2>

                       <VirtualHost 192.168.0.104:443>

                                      DocumentRoot “/opt/funny”

                                      ServerName 192.168.0.104:443

                       </VirtualHost>

        (We can keep separate “Certificate” and “key” file for both websites.)

 

2) /etc/init.d/httpd reload

 

<CLIENT>

1) Make entry in “/etc/hosts”

# vim /etc/hosts

        192.168.0.102               first.com

        192.168.0.104               second.com

:wq

 

2) Open Browser and access website.

https://first.com

https://second.com

 

 

 

SCENARIO – 1 

Suppose you have a Website which is running in “http” and you want to run it in “https”.

 

<SERVER>

1) In normal configuration file add below line.

# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

               <In Virtual Host>

                              Redirect / https://first.com (No need of “DocumentRoot”)

               :wq

(Because it picks the “DocumentRoot” from “ssl.conf”)

 

2) Make entry of “https://first.com” in “ssl.conf”

 

 

SCENARIO - 2

How to host website?

Whenever we want to host any website, make entry in both files i.e. “ssl.conf” & “httpd.conf”. Because you never know, what client enters in browser i.e. “http” or “https”?