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