== Setting up SSL with Apache2 ==
Once the server is installed you need to do three things to get a working SSL setup:

 * Generate, or import, a certificate.
 * Enable Apaches SSL support.
 * Configure your SSL options.

 === Generate self-signed certificate ===
To create the self-signed certificate, run the following command
{{{
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
}}}
The above command will prompt you to enter the passphrase. Once you enter the correct passphrase, your certificate will be created and it will be stored in the server.crt file
 === Installing the Certificate ===

You can install the key file server.key and certificate file server.crt, or the certificate file issued by your CA, by running following commands 

{{{
sudo cp server.crt /etc/ssl/certs
sudo cp server.key /etc/ssl/private
}}}
 === Enabling SSL Support ===
To use the SSL facilities of Apache2 you must enable the module mod_ssl

{{{
a2enmod ssl
}}}
 === Create a SSL conf. file (if needed) and establish a necessary symlink. ===
If you do not have SSL conf file (/etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl) need to copy the 'default' conf as a stub for the 'default-ssl' conf.
{{{
cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
}}}
Next, establish a symlink from the 'available' default-ssl file to the 'enabled' file.

{{{
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default-ssl 
}}}

 === Instruct Apache to listen to 443 ===

Change the port address in /etc/apache2/ports.conf by default it will listen port 80 and now we are installing with SSL we need to change port 443 to listen

{{{
 Listen 443
}}}

Your ports.conf may already have an !IfModule clause in it for the SSL portion. If you see this, you can just leave it as-is:

{{{
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    Listen 443
</IfModule>
}}}

With these two steps out of the way you now have an Apache setup which will listen for and accept SSL connections. The next step is to modify your virtualhosts to use it.

 === Configuring your SSL Hosts ===
The final step is to ensure that your virtual hosts, or main host, will accept SSL options

Configure HTTPS over port 443 (edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl): 

{{{
NameVirtualHost *:443
(Note: Look down just a bit and make a change to the virtual host settings.)
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www-ssl/html/
(Note: Again, use your assigned IP or a DNS name followed with ":443" if you have one for ServerName.) 
}}}