first time setting up ssl, running into a strange problem, tutorials haven't been too helpful
- by pedalpete
This is my first time trying to set-up an ssl for one a site, and I'm running it on a server that has 3 other sites already hosted.
I'm running apache2.?? and the install came with an ssl.conf page.
The ssl.conf has the following settings
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
Listen 443
AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .crt
AddType application/x-pkcs7-crl .crl
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/securesite
ServerName securesite.com
ErrorLog logs/securesite-error_log
CustomLog logs/securesite-access_log common
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/ssl.crt/securesite.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/ssl.key/server.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/ssl.crt/gd_bundle.crt
</VirtualHost>
When I run 'apachectl configtest', I don't get any errors, but running 'apachectl -k restart', I get 'httpd not running, trying to start'.
I have two questions
1) Is there an error in the way I'm defining my virtualhost for 443?? the rest of my entries point to <VirtualHost *:80. When I comment out the above entry, apache runs fine.
2) do I need to set-up a redirect from port 80 for secure site? Because most users are going to go to http: or www. , and I need to send them to https: does apache do this automatically? or do i need to create an entry with a redirect?
