Enabling SSL on apache instance on EC2

Question

I have an EC2 instance that is using Amazon\'s custom linux install with built in apache. This install also has openssl installed. That being said, there does not appear t

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me, via shell, with a wildcard cert that had a CA bundle (on Lightsail servers, HTTPS/443 enabled). Mileage may vary. Test on https://www.digicert.com/help/ after install. For brevity, I've shortened the certs/keys here (obviously).

It's worth noting also that I did not need to set up a VirtualHost for the domain.

# Overwrite these files on Amazon Linux + mod_ssl (or mod24_ssl)
# /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
# /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
# /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

## BEGIN

# INSTALL AS ROOT
sudo -su root

sudo cat > /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt < /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key < /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt <