Setting up apache to view https pages

apache-2.2 ssl https

11,425

A couple of things you can try:

Since you're using <VirtualHost *:443> in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.com, replace both instances of Listen 443 http with
```
NameVirtualHost *:443
Listen 443
```
in your ports.conf.
As far as I can tell, you are not using the default configurations to actually serve a website.

If I'm right, disable them:
```
a2dissite default default-ssl
```
In this case, you should also delete the line
```
ServerName localhost
```
from your httpd.conf.
Make sure your newest configuration and SSL are enabled.
```
a2ensite mysite.com
a2enmod ssl
```
After making any changes, remember to reload apache to activate the new configuration:
```
service apache2 reload
```

11,425

transcedentalia

Updated on September 18, 2022

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transcedentalia over 1 year

I am trying to set up a site using vmware workstation, ubuntu 11.10, and apache2. The site works fine but now the https pages are not showing up. For example if I try to go to https://www.mysite.com/checkout I just see the message

Not Found The requested URL /checkout/ was not found on this server.

I dont really know what I am doing and have tried a lot of things to get the ssl certificates in there right.

A few things I have in there, in my httpd.conf I just have :

ServerName localhost

In my ports.conf I have :

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    # If you add NameVirtualHost *:443 here, you will also have to change
    # the VirtualHost statement in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
    # to <VirtualHost *:443>
    # Server Name Indication for SSL named virtual hosts is currently not
    # supported by MSIE on Windows XP.
    Listen 443 http
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
    Listen 443 http
</IfModule>

In the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl :

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

     .... truncated

in the sites-available/default I have :

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www
        #DocumentRoot /home/magento/site/
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>
        #<Directory /home/magento/site/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all


        </Directory>

        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
        <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
                AllowOverride None
                Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn

        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<virtualhost *:443>
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>
        #<Directory /home/magento/site/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all


        </Directory>

</virtualhost>

I also have in sites-availabe a file setup for my site url, www.mysite.com so in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.com

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName mysite.com
        DocumentRoot /home/magento/mysite.com

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
        </Directory>
        <Directory /home/magento/mysite.com/ >
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog /home/magento/logs/apache.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerName mysite.com
   DocumentRoot /home/magento/mysite.com

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
        </Directory>
        <Directory /home/magento/mysite.com/ >
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog /home/magento/logs/apache.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn
</VirtualHost>

Thanks for any help getting this setup! As is probably obvious from this post I am pretty lost at this point.

m1k3y02 about 12 years

can you open mysite.com/checkout on port 80 without any issues ?
transcedentalia about 12 years

yes, i disabled the secure pages from the magento app I am running and the pages load fine.

transcedentalia almost 12 years

Thanks, I followed everything but now I get a SSL connection error when I try to go to https:// Also when I restart apache2 I see errors like [warn] NameVirtualHost *:443 has no VirtualHosts
transcedentalia almost 12 years

I am also seeing this error : VirtualHost *:443 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
Dennis almost 12 years

Try removing the NameVirtualHost *:443 lines.
transcedentalia almost 12 years

hmm i tried and it was still giving me those errors. I removed /conf.d/virtual.conf and error went away, but now I am back to a 404 on https pages
Dennis almost 12 years

What do the log files say? Also, apache might not even be the culprit. This could have something to do with vmware.
transcedentalia almost 12 years

ack.. hmm this sux. Logs no help... I dont think.. it does say client denied by server configuration (the local.xml of this magento install) but I dont think that is it