====== How to configure SSL for Apache ======

This is how to configure SSL in the Apache web server.

===== Modify the httpd.conf configuration file =====

Add the following to **/etc/apache/httpd.conf** (//modify the paths accordingly//) 


<code html>
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

Listen 443

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
   DocumentRoot /home/httpd/private
   ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
   TransferLog /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
   SSLEngine on
   SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
   SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM

   SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt
   SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key
   SSLCertificateChainFile /usr/local/apache/conf/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
   SSLCACertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ca.pem
   SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
   CustomLog /usr/local/apache/logs/ssl_request_log \
      "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>

</code>

===== Restart apache =====

<code>
sudo apache2 -k restart
</code>
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