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Setup SSL for Magento site after install

Create site available for apache2

  1. Copy ssl to apache2 
    sudo cp server.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
sudo cp server.key /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
  2. Create file /etc/apache2/sites-available/m223.conf 
    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName m223.com
    ServerAlias www.m223.com
    ServerAlias *.m223.com
    ServerAdmin magento@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ce223
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    <Directory "/var/www/html/ce223">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    ServerName m223.com
    ServerAlias www.m223.com
    ServerAlias *.m223.com
    ServerAdmin magento@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ce223
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile  /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
    <Directory "/var/www/html/ce223">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

    sudo a2ensite m223.conf
sudo service apache2 reload

Note

  • View website https://magenticians.com/magento-ssl-configuration-issues-resolved/ to setup in mysql
    • Mysql: In database in table 'core_config_data' set web/secure/use_in_frontend and web/secure/use_in_adminhtml = 1
  • Flush cache magento after ensite apache, Clear cache of browser.
    • Clear the cache in both the cases by deleting /var/cache

  • Error cannot call Rest API Magento

    Uncomment 2 line in file .htaccess in server magento:

    Ex: /var/www/html/ce223/.htaccess 

    Options -MultiViews
RewriteRule ^api/rest api.php?type=rest [QSA,L]