How to install SSL Certificates on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu Server

 Run Command:-

lsb_release -a

Output:-

No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic

Move SSL Certificate to server

Go to your html folder & make a folder to hold the ssl files

cd /var/www/html sudo mkdir ssl_files

Now SSH again to your server and move the certificate files to required place.

cd /var/www/html/ssl_files sudo cp your_site.crt /etc/apache2/ssl/your_site.crt sudo cp your_site.key /etc/apache2/ssl/your_site.key sudo cp your_site.ca-bundle /etc/apache2/ssl/your_site.ca-bundle

ADDING SSL VIRTUALHOST ENTRIES

<VirtualHost *:443> ServerName your_site.com ServerAlias www.your_site.com DocumentRoot /documentroot/ SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your_site.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/private/your_site.key SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl/your_site.ca-bundle </VirtualHost>

Restart Apache

sudo systemctl restart apache2

ENABLE APACHE 2 SSL MODULE IF NOT ENABLED ALREADY

sudo a2enmod ssl sudo systemctl restart apache2

ENABLE SSL TRAFFIC ON AMAZON EC2 for Port 443