How-to Enable Apache SSL on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS Easy Guide

May 16th, 2014 by thelinuxevangelist

Enable Apache 2 SSL Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS

You are Welcome! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Enable Apache SSL in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 Linux.

And the Ubuntu 14.04 Apache SSL Enabling Procedure Described here is the Easiest one to Quick-Start with Apache SSl on a Development Environment.

Finally, inside the Guide you find also instructions on How-to Generate a Valid SSL Signed Certificate for FREE on Ubuntu.

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Login into Server Shell
Or Open a Command Line Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+T on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

Enabling Apache SSL

sudo a2enmod ssl

sudo a2ensite default-ssl

sudo service apache2 reload

Review the Apache Default SSL Configuration for localhost
```
cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf
```
How-to Generate a Free SSL Signed Certificate:

Create SSL Signed Certificate for FREE

Make Free SSL Certificate
After You can Test Access the Domain over SSL

For a Server (Example):
```
https://100.101.102.103
```
For a Desktop:
```
https://localhost
```

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