Access Joomla over HTTPS

Acces your Joomla site over Https (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure)

Step 1

• foward port 443 to your HDA ip adres (example: 192.168.2.10)

Step 2

• go to the folder etc/httpd/conf

cd etc/httpd/conf

• You can type ls to list the files.

• edit httpd.conf

nano httpd.conf

• add NameVirtualHost *:443

• save httpd.conf

control+O

• exit nano

control+X

Step 3

• go to the folder etc/httpd/conf.d

cd etc/httpd/conf.d

• You can type ls to list the files.

• edit the joomla config file

nano ****-joomla.conf (note that the number may change for you)(example: 1006-joomla.conf)

• add the following text:

<VirtualHost *:443>

       ServerName joomla
       ServerAlias username.yourhda.com:443

       SSLEngine On
       SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/filename.crt
       SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/filename.key

       DocumentRoot /var/hda/web-apps/html

       <Directory "/var/hda/web-apps/joomla"> 
               Options Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
               AddHandler fcgid-script .fcg
               AllowOverride AuthConfig
               Order allow,deny
               Allow from all
       </Directory>

   </VirtualHost>

• save your web-app.conf

control+O

• exit nano

control+X

step 4

• restart your httpd service

service httpd restart

Enjoy