RHEL/Apache ssl.conf configuration problem - apache

We've got multiple subdomains, each with it's own virtualhost entry in httpd.conf and (for those supporting https) in ssl.conf as well. Our main www subdomain has a GoDaddy cert associated with it. The subdomain I'm configuring right now on our dev server ("api.bulbstorm.com") has an ssl.conf virtualhost entry that looks like this:
<VirtualHost 172.16.247.153:443>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/api"
ServerName api.bulbstorm.com:443
ErrorLog logs/api-error_log
CustomLog logs/api-access_log common
LogLevel warn
SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCertificateFile /var/www/certs/api/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/certs/api/server.key
<Files ~ "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php3?)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Files>
<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/api">
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
php_value include_path "/var/www/inc"
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog logs/ssl_request_log \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>
... the crt & key files in /var/www/certs/api/ were generated using openssl per instructions found here.
The api subdomain originally pointed to the godaddy cert for the www subdomain. But even though I've changed the virtualhost entry associated with the api subdomain to point to the self-signed certificate/key pair (and have restarted httpd, completely cleared browser settings related to the previous exception for the godaddy cert, etc.) browsers are still throwing warnings saying that the cert is for the www domain. When I look at the cert the browsers are pulling it looks like they're still getting the godaddy cert.
Higher up in the ssl.conf file there are these lines:
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
This cert/key pair is different than the godaddy cert/key pair referenced in the virtualhost entry for the www subdomain, which looks like this:
SSLCertificateFile /etc/www.bulbstorm.com_ssl/www.bulbstorm.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/www.bulbstorm.com_ssl/www.bulbstorm.com.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/www.bulbstorm.com_ssl/gd_intermediate_bundle.crt
Any light that anyone can shed on the issue I'm having will be appreciated.

The "answer" to this question was to repost it on serverfault.com.

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local WampServer https: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Edit: It looks like this issue is the root cause. The site in question is a http site, but it redirects to https automatically, so I decided to install an SSL cert to see the outcome. /end edit.
I followed the answer here to create a local SSL cert for my WampServer 3.1.0 64-bit.
I have made a local copy of our site, migrated the database to a new local URL (www.superiorit.dev), create an entry in httpd-vhosts.conf, and added a <VirtualHost www.superiorit.dev:443> entry in C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.27\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf which contains the correct path to the .cert and .key files.
When I try to load https://www.superiorit.dev in the browser, I receive the error:
This site can’t be reached
www.superiorit.dev refused to connect.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
This is the entry in http-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost www.superiorit.dev:8080>
ServerName www.superiorit.dev
ServerAlias www.superiorit.dev
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/superiorit"
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/superiorit">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This is the entry in http-ssl.conf:
<VirtualHost www.superiorit.dev:443>
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp64/www/superiorit"
ServerName www.superiorit.dev:443
ServerAdmin steve.doig#superiorit.dev
ErrorLog "c:/wamp64/logs/error.log"
TransferLog "c:/wamp64/logs/access.log"
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "C:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.27/conf/demoCA/cacert.cert"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.27/conf/demoCA/private/cacert.key"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "c:/Apache24/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-5]" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog "c:/Apache24/logs/ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>
Help appreciated.

Wamp SSL configuration throws 404

I have a domain which is mapped to an ip address.
http://test.main.com works FINE. https://test.main.com DOES NOT works, getting 404 error.
Please help me to find out the problem
Below is my httpd-ssl.con file
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "D:/ews/liveenergy/myapp"
ServerName test.main.com:443
ServerAdmin admin#localhost
ErrorLog "C:/wamp32/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/logs/apache_error.log"
TransferLog "C:/wamp32/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/logs/access.log"
SSLEngine on
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
SSLCertificateFile "C:/wamp32/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/ssl.crt/ServerCertificate.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "C:/wamp32/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/ssl.key/rms_bldgot_com.key"
SSLCertificateChainFile "C:/wamp32/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/conf/ssl.crt/ChainBundle1.crt"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "D:/ews/liveenergy/myapp">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
CustomLog "C:/wamp/logs/ssl_request.log" \
"%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
</VirtualHost>
It is also possible that some other service is running on port 80. A solution could be to change the port on which is being listened
So change the port on which Wamp listens:
Click on Wamp server -> Apache -> httpd.conf
Change Listen 80 to something else, eg: Listen 81
I would also change Server Name localhost:80 to ServerName localhost:81
If you've done this, and saved httpd.conf, you have to restart the Wamp server. Then use localhost:81 as your root url.
So the urls will then look like
localhost:81/phpmyadmin
localhost:81/mysite_directory

My VirtualHost redirects for an HTTPS site are broken

Apache/2.2.15, CentOS Linux.
I have a site where I want the whole site to be SSL-encrypted all the time. Normally, I don't use mod_rewrite to do my www/non-www redirects; I just use VirtualHosts and the Redirect directive.
Trying to do this with my HTTPS site, however, is returning a generic SSL connection error in all browsers. Here's my vhost file (domain names and IP addresses changed):
NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.256:80
NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.256:443
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.256:80>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
# ############################
# This block breaks everything
# ############################
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.256:443>
ServerName example.com:443
Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.256:443>
DocumentRoot /var/www/example_site/htdocs/
ServerName www.example.com:443
ErrorLog /var/www/logs/example_site/error_log
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/ssl.crt/www.example.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/ssl.key/www.example.com.key
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/httpd/ssl.crt/www.example.com.ca-bundle
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
<Directory /var/www/example_site/htdocs/>
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Files ~ "\.php$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Files>
</VirtualHost>
The block marked "This block breaks everything" appears to be the culprit. When that VirtualHost block is commented out, the site loads as expected and everything's fine. But I really want/need to redirect non-www to www, and when that block is enabled, I get this on every attempt to load the site:
Error logs don't seem to show anything useful. Can anyone tell from this what exactly is going wrong?
Port 443 always needs a certificate attached to it. Even if its just a simple redirect. Connect -> SSL -> Data transfer.

Using SSL on two VirtualHosts

So I got an SSL from GoDaddy.
It works for my public site mysite.com.
I would like now to have an SSL connection for my administrator.mysite.com
So I created a self signed certificate using openssl because I don't mind managing my own site with a red mark on the lock.
inside httpd-ssl.conf
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName mysite.com:443
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/
ServerAdmin admin#mysite.com
ErrorLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_errors.log
TransferLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_access.log
SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
SSLCertificateFile /opt/lampp/etc/ssl.crt/mysite.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /opt/lampp/etc/ssl.key/server_nopwd.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /opt/lampp/etc/ssl.crt/gd_bundle.crt
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
CustomLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_request_log "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName administrator.mysite.com:443
DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/"
ServerAdmin admin#mysite.com
ErrorLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_errors_admin.log
TransferLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_access_admin.log
SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
SSLCertificateFile /opt/lampp/etc/ssl.crt/admin.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /opt/lampp/etc/ssl.key/admin.key
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
CustomLog /opt/lampp/htdocs/MySite/logfiles/ssl_request_log "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory "/opt/lampp/cgi-bin">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</VirtualHost>
And I get this warning:
[warn] Init: Name-based SSL virtual hosts only work for clients with TLS server name indication support (RFC 4366)
What happens is that the administrator host is redirected to the regular host, which is very annoying
I had the same issue. Strangely some report it works for them like a charm but for others not. I even tried using SNI via SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck apache directive but no luck.
When using the ServerAlias directive with a wildcard domain like eg. *.snakeoil.com then order of the VirtualHost configs matters. If the VirtualHost with the wildcard domain alias:
ServerAlias *.snakeoil.com
is the first one it will be processed first and avoids resolution of other vhosts. Try to reverse vhosts so that this catch all is the last one eg.
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
# first vhost
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName vhost1.snakeoil.com
[...]
</VirtualHost>
# second vhost
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName vhost2.snakeoil.com
[...]
</VirtualHost>
# Attention!
# All other vhost requests end up here
# Order matters, keep this entry to be the last one
# as a last resort if any of the above don't apply
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName snakeoil.com
ServerAlias *.snakeoil.com
[...]
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
Worked for me at least with with apache 2.2.14
That should work fine for newer browsers, although it might be worth checking your htaccess rules incase one of them is inadvertently redirecting admin.mysite.com to mysite.com.
The warning message you're getting is explained more here: https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHostsWithSNI (essentially older browsers can only view the default virtualhost).

hosting multiple SSL certs on apache

I hope someone can give me a hand with this. I have 2 IPs that I can use to do this and need to host 2 different secure (SSL) domains on the same Apache server. I've read that as of Apache 2.2.something that a single IP can be used, using some sort of add-in but I want to keep this as simple as possible and am willing to use both IPs to accomplish this task. I already have the 2 signed certificates for the domains.
This setup that I am posting here, works, but the issue I am having is that when I go to domain2.net, I receive a browser warning telling me that the cert does not match the domain but matches domain1.com
I'm using CentOS 5 and Apache 2.2.3. CentOS has a ssl.conf file and these lines are what I believe are giving me trouble:
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/domain1.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/domain1.com.key
I was under the impression that I could override these values in the virtual host containers and reference the keys that I need but it doesn't appear that way. When I comment these two lines out in the ssl.conf file, Apache won't restart. The ssl_log hints: SSLCertificateKeyFile
These are my virtual containers:
<VirtualHost 2.2.2.2:443>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/domain2.net.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/domain2.net.key
DocumentRoot "/var/www/domain2"
ServerName domain2.net
ServerAlias domain2.net
DirectoryIndex "index.php"
<Directory /var/www/html/domain2>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 1.1.1.1:444>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/domain1.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/domain1.com.key
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
ServerName domain1.com
ServerAlias domain1.com
DirectoryIndex "index.php"
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
How can I get these two domains to work using SSL? I've also tried to use the same port for the different IPs but again, Apache won't restart.
I'm truly lost on this so if someone could lend a hand, I'd really appreciate it.
Great question!
I was able to get two SSL certificates working on the same server. You should be able to do what you are trying to do.
The things in your configuration that stand out as odd to me:
I'd suggest using port 443 for both SSL-protected sites. You should have a specific instruction in apache's conf files somewhere for listening on port 443. For me it is located in /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Listen 443
.
It seems odd that you have ServerName and ServerAlias both using the same domain per virtual host. Try making the ServerAlias different or leaving it out:
ServerName domain1.com
ServerAlias www.domain1.com
.
I am assuming that you replaced your IPs and domains in your posted conf. Even if they are not the actual IPs you are using, you might want to double check that they can get you to the right place outside of SSL (since obviously SSL is not working).
.
Check the apache2 error log for more information. For me the log is located at: /var/log/apache2/error.log . You can set it with:
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
And finally, for your reference here is my ssl-default (ssl.conf). I replaced my domains and IPs with the ones you used in your example conf. I have multiple subdomains working with NameVirtualHost since I have a wildcard cert:
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
NameVirtualHost 1.1.1.1:443
NameVirtualHost 2.2.2.2:443
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/ssl_access.log combined
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
# 1.1.1.1 = domain1.com
<VirtualHost 1.1.1.1:443>
ServerName www.domain1.com
ServerAdmin admin#domain1.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/ssl/domain1.key
SSLCertificateFile /var/www/ssl/wildcard.domain1.crt
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain1/www.domain1.com/web
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 1.1.1.1:443>
ServerName secure.domain1.com
ServerAdmin admin#domain1.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/ssl/domain1.key
SSLCertificateFile /var/www/ssl/wildcard.domain1.crt
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain1/secure.domain1.com/
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</VirtualHost>
# 2.2.2.2 = *.domain2.com
<VirtualHost 2.2.2.2:443>
ServerName admin.domain2.com
ServerAdmin admin#domain2.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/ssl/domain2.key
SSLCertificateFile /var/www/ssl/domain2.crt
BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain2/secure.domain2.com/web
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
php_flag display_errors on
php_value error_reporting 7
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
I hope this helps!!
You don't need a separate ssl.config file, but if you want to use one, then put your SSL <VirtualHost XXX:443> containers in your ssl.conf file rather than in your httpd,conf file.
The other option which we use on our site is to put the settings from the ssl.conf file in our httpd.conf file and rename the ssl.conf file to something like ssl.conf.bak (to keep it for reference).
It might help to put this Apache command before the first Virtual Host:
SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck on
This enabled me to have several different domains each with its own keys running on the same IP without getting confused.