Configure Apache SSL for https on Mac OS
1. Create ssl directory
mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl cd /etc/apache2/ssl
2. Create server key, just press enter when asked for password.
sudo ssh-keygen -f server.key
3. Create certificate request file. Enter info or leave blank when asked various questions.
sudo openssl req -new -key server.key -out request.csr
4. Create SSL certificate file from the request file.
sudo openssl x509 -req -days 99999 -in request.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
5. Open /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, make sure you have these 3 lines in it. If not, add them. If there is but with # sign at the beginning, remove the # sign.
Listen 443 LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
6. Open /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf search for lines with SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile, update them to the below
SSLCertificateFile "/etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt" SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/apache2/ssl/server.key"
7. Configure vhosts to enable https 443, open /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and the below to it. Replace the value for ServerName, DocumentRoot and Directory path to yours.
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80> ServerName test.com DocumentRoot "/Users/shunter/Sites/test" <Directory "/Users/shunter/Sites/test"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:443> ServerName test.com DocumentRoot "/Users/shunter/Sites/test" SSLEngine on SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key <Directory "/Users/shunter/Sites/test"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost>
8. Edit host file for your sever name, open /etc/hosts and add this line to it
127.0.0.1 test.com
9. Restart apache
sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart
10. Assume you have a index page in /Users/shunter/Sites/test, test it by going to https://test.com
An interesting note: A file created or modified in /etc/apache2/ will reflected in /private/etc/apache2/
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