Ubuntu 12.04: setting up Apache2 and SSL with self-signed certificate

Create a self-signed certificate:

$ make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil –force-overwrite

It creates the following files:

/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

Activate Apache SSL module:

$ a2enmod ssl

Activate Apache default ssl virtual host:

$ a2ensite default-ssl

Restart Apache:

$ service apache2 restart

Alternativno /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You should now see the following page on your webserver:

It works! This is the default web page for this server.The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

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