Debian, Apache2 and SSL

I had a nightmare trying to find out how to get SSL working with a standard debian apache2 install. Here's the (very easy solution).

Debian Sarge comes with an apache2 package. I thought I'd give this a go to get it working with a self signed SSL certificate. However, I had little idea of what I was doing. Eventually I worked it out - and it's easy:

    * Logon or su as root
    * Run:

apt-get install apache2

    * Run the script

apache2-ssl-certificate

      and tell it what it wants to know.
    * Make a copy of '/etc/apache2/sites-available/default' - call it something like 'ssl'
    * Make a sym-link to this new site configuration from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ You will see this is already done for 'default'.
    * Add a

Listen 443

      to /etc/apache2/ports.conf
    * Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl (or whatever you called your new ssl site's config) and change port 80 in the name of the site to 443.
    * Add a Line

SSLEngine On

      somewhere in the body of the config file.
    * Add a Line

SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

      somewhere in the body of the config file.
    * Restart apache

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