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The most important question to answer is the "Common Name" question which should be the domain name of your server. In the case of a virtual machine in our clouds, it should look similar to the example response except that the string of Xs should be replaced with the floating | The most important question to answer is the "Common Name" question which should be the domain name of your server. In the case of a virtual machine in our clouds, it should look similar to the example response except that the string of Xs should be replaced with the floating IP associated with the virtual machine. | ||
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<li><b>Set ownership and permissions</b><br/> | <li><b>Set ownership and permissions</b><br/> | ||
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<li><b>Configure Apache to use the certificate</b><br/> | <li><b>Configure Apache to use the certificate</b><br/> | ||
Edit Apache's | Edit Apache's SSL configuration file with | ||
{{Command|sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf}} | {{Command|sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf}} | ||
and change the lines | and change the lines | ||
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SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt | SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt | ||
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Assuming that the <code>default-ssl.conf,</code> file is the SSL version of the non-encrypted <code>000-default.conf</code> file for the site, make sure both files have the same <code>DocumentRoot</code> variables. | |||
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<li><b>Tighten security</b><br/> | <li><b>Tighten security</b><br/> | ||
Force all http traffic to https, require more modern versions of SSL, and use better cipher options first by editing the file with {{Command |sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf}} and adding | Force all http traffic to https, require more modern versions of SSL, and use better cipher options first by editing the file with {{Command |sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf}} and adding | ||
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<nowiki>SSLHonorCipherOrder on</nowiki> | <nowiki>SSLHonorCipherOrder on</nowiki> | ||
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at the bottom of the entry inside the <code><VirtualHost></code> tag replacing XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX with your VM's | at the bottom of the entry inside the <code><VirtualHost></code> tag replacing XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX with your VM's public IP (note the '-' are needed in place of '.'). Also, put a redirect directive on our virtual host by editing the default website configuration file with | ||
{{Command| sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf }}and adding the line | {{Command| sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf }}and adding the line | ||