SSL Configuration
The previous sections introduced the (not-so-basic) concepts behind SSL, and you have learned how to generate keys and certificates. Now you can configure Apache to support SSL. The mod_ssl module must either be compiled statically or, if you have compiled as a loadable module, the appropriate LoadModule directive must be present in the file.
Next, you can add the following configuration snippet to your Apache configuration file:
Listen 443 <VirtualHost _default_:443> ServerName www.example.com SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile \ /usr/local/ssl/openssl/certs/www.example.com.cert SSLCertificateKeyFile \ /usr/loca/ssl/openssl/certs/www.example.com.key </VirtualHost>
This snippet sets up a new virtual host that will listen to port ...
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