Access Joomla over HTTPS

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

Step 1 - Setting up port forwarding

• Forward port 443 to your HDA IP address (example: 192.168.2.10)

Step 2 - Edit httpd config files

• 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

• Insert a new line with the following:

• • NameVirtualHost *:443

• Save httpd.conf

• • control+O

• Exit nano

• • control+X

Step 3 - Edit Joomla config files

• 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 on a new line:

• • <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 httpd service

• Restart your httpd service by issuing the following:

• • service httpd restart

Enjoy