Apache 2.4 Restrict SSL to specific subdomain Vhosts - apache

Question

I have a single digitalocean droplet, with only a single IPV4 address possible. I would like to use SNI to apply TLS (SSL) encryption onto only a specific subdomain, and not any other parts of the domain.
Example being:
domain.com (No TLS)
sub.domain.com (TLS, certificate 1)
sub1.domain.com (TLS, certificate 2)
sub2.domain.com (no TLS)
I'm using LetsEncrypt for the certificates, so wildcard domains are not possible.
domain.com.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
sub.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
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
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub1.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub1.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
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
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub2.domain.com
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub2.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Answer 1

Two things you should be aware of:
You never know which protocols users are going to use. They will default to http if protocol not defined and some browser extensions will try https first and use that if it exists.
Apache will fallback to the first site defined for that port if there's not a better match. In which case you might end up serving the wrong site if, for example, you don't define a sub2.domain.com site on port 443.
So you should define all 4 domains on both port 80 and port 443 and basically have 8 vhosts defined.
This also means will need to buy (or get for free from LetsEncrypt) certificates to cover all domains and not just the two you want to serve over https.
Then you should use redirects appropriately:
domain.com (No TLS): Serve site on port 80. Config for port 443 should just redirect all traffic back to equivalent page on http://domain.com
sub.domain.com (TLS, certificate 1): Serve site on port 443. Config for port 80 should just redirect all traffic back to equivalent page on https://sub.domain.com
sub1.domain.com (TLS, certificate 2): Similar to sub.domain.com setup mentioned in point 2 above.
sub2.domain.com (no TLS): Similar to domain.com set up mentioned in point one above.
Example config:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
sub.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/%$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub1.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub1.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/%$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub2.domain.com
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub2.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-domain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-domain.key
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{SERVER_NAME}/%$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>
sub.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-subdomain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-subdomain.key
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub1.domain.com
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub1.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-subdomain1.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-subdomain1.key
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
sub2.domain.com
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName sub2.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-subdomain2.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-subdomain2.key
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{SERVER_NAME}/%$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>
However if going to all this hassle then might want to rethink not serving everything over https.