Enable SSL with Apache HTTPD server 2.4.3

To enable SSL in apache httpd server, you need to have mod_ssl module installed. Below commands will install apache with mod_ssl.

Then you need to create key file and the cert files.

Create the key file

Create the cert file

.key file is your private key. After generating key file and the cert file, you can configure httpd.conf file.  

Configure httpd.conf

Make sure mod_ssl.so is enabled in modules list section.

Then add following lines to your httpd.conf.

Now restart apache server and now your http server will only accepts https requests. To work with apache HTTPD server 2.4.3, you need to have openssl-1.0.1e or higher. If your current openSSL version is minor to this, you will have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to a newer version.