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.

openssl genrsa -out iugateway.key 1024

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

Create the key file

	./configure --enable-ssl --enable-so
	make
	make install

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Create the cert file

openssl req -new -key iugatewy.key -out iugatewy.csr

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.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.

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

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Then add following lines to your httpd.conf.

	SSLEngine on
	SSLProxyEngine on
	SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/keys/iugateway.crt
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/keys/iugateway.key

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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.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=openssl-1.0.1e/dist/lib/

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