Setup HTTPS in CentOS

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In the default install of CentOS Apache, SSL or https may not be setup.

To setup SSL, simply follow these steps.

Install mod_ssl 

yum install mod_ssl.i386

[edit] Redirect all connection to HTTPS

In some cases, you may want to redirect all non-secure http connection to https connection (for example an admin server).

  • Edit the Apache configuration file

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

  • Add the following 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} On
RewriteRule (.*) https://example.com%{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteRule (.*) https://example.com$1 [R,L]
  • Restart Apache 
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
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