{"id":14902,"date":"2023-06-23T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T07:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14902"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:45:03","slug":"how-to-install-apache-and-secure-it-with-a-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-install-apache-and-secure-it-with-a-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Apache and Secure it with a Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apache is one of the most widely used HTTP web servers. It’s used for setting up Apache and security with an SSL certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will learn how to set up Apache for your website on Ubuntu and CentOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating DNS Record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Login to Cloudflare or your domain registrar (if not Cloudflare) and create an A record to point the domain to the cloud VMs IP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refer to the image given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Creating<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Installing Apache (Ubuntu)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To update the available packages up-to-date:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt-get update
Install Apache
sudo apt-get install apache2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow ports 80 and 443 in your firewall for the HTTP server.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type the command given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo ufw allow ‘Apache Full’
Check out that your installed Apache runs perfectly.
sudo systemctl status apache2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configuring Apache to Serve the Important Files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Follow the steps given below to do so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a folder for serving your web apps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/webapp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo vi \/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/webapp\/index.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now paste the below HTML snippet for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=”en”> <head> <title>Apache webapp<\/title> <\/head> <body> <h1>My Apache webapp is working in test.sanakil.xyz<\/h1> <\/body> <\/html><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, you need to create a folder for generating and storing the logs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type the command given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/log sudo touch <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/request.log sudo touch <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/log\/error.log<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Conf file (Ubuntu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo vi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/test.sanakil.xyz.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open conf file (CentOS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo vi \/etc\/httpd\/sites-available\/test.sankil.xyz.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paste the below conf snippet by making a change in your domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<VirtualHost *:80><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ServerName test.sanakil.xyz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ServerAlias test.sanaki.xyz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/webapp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ErrorLog \/var\/www\/test.sankil.xyz\/log\/error.log<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CustomLog \/var\/www\/test.sanakil.xyz\/log\/requests.log combined<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/VirtualHost><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will have to give the required permission for your folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER \/var\/www\/test.abc.xyz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo chmod -R 755 \/var\/www\/test.abc.xyz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enable your virtual host config file in apache(Ubuntu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo a2ensite test.sanakil.xyz.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, disable the default conf file for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restart the Apache to make changes to take effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Setup for CentOS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In CentOS(SELinux), everything is not enabled by default like Ubuntu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create sites-enabled and sites-available folders in Apache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sites-enabled – serves visitors with the cof files in it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sites-available – stores the virtual host conf files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo mkdir \/etc\/httpd\/sites-available \/etc\/httpd\/sites-enabled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell the apache to read the conf file in the sites-enabled folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo vi \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, add the below line at end of the file<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IncludeOptional sites-enabled\/*.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps to Enable HTTPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enabling HTTPS in the Apache web server in Ubuntu is easy with the certbot and Let’s Encrypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority that provides free SSL certificates<\/a> for millions of websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Certbot is software that automatically sets up HTTPS for our website using Let’s Encrypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding and Install Certbot for Apache (Ubuntu)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enter the commands given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot\/certbot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt install python-certbot-apache<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding and Installing certbot for Apache (CentOS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install certbot python2-certbot-apache mod_ssl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting an SSL Certificate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

sudo certbot –apache -d your-domain-name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how the verification is done by certbot with no issues. You will be asked for HTTPS redirection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose option two and click on enter. That’s it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope this article has given you an idea of how to install and execute an SSL certificate on Apache.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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