How to Enable Apache SSL Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS Easy Guide

May 4th, 2018 by thelinuxevangelist

Enable Apache SSL Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS

You are Welcome! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Enable Apache SSL in Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS 32/64-bit GNU/Linux.

And the Xubuntu 16.04 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 Xubuntu.

Enable SSL Apache Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS - Featured

Open a Terminal Shell emulator 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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