How to enable website openning via 443 port of apache in CentOS7

Question

I have website working fine under http (CentOS 7) and would like to get it working under https and port 443.

When I navigate to root of the domain under https I see the text

It Works!

So it seems like apache is configuted to listen 443?

Have I need to configure something else in order get working website via 443 port?

Thank you!

Solution 1

It Works! means you didn't complete configuring your Apache just yet, take a look at following document: SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: How-To - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4.

Solution 2

If you're able to see your webpage when the URL is https://example.com, you don't need to worry about manually specifying port 443, because SSL/TLS is working automatically.

You can confirm this by using a number of tools. OpenSSL, for example:

openssl s_client -connect example.com:443

The output should be pretty explicit in whether or not SSL/TLS is enabled. Specifically, it'll returned the message CONNECTED, followed by a lot of SSL handshake info.

Also, you can use https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ if your site is available on the internet.

Comments

[Nick Young]

Listening on 443 and using SSL are 2 different things, you could configure Apache to use 443 for normal non-ssl http: traffic. When you use the https:// address does it give you the site or only when you say http: and use port 443?

[vembutech]

Listening 443 on httpd.conf does not meant that it is secured. Do the same thing in ssl.conf, and check through https://

[DmitryBoyko]

@vembutech Hi, well... I cannot see ssl.conf in the folder of httpd.conf. Is it ok?

[vembutech]

usually it should be in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ . Or do a search "locate ssl.conf"