SSL / TLS Support
SSL may be enabled by adding self-signed certificates. However a more clever approach involves:
It fully suffices to get the firefox browser working this way. Google-Chrome is known for additional security restrictions.
The following docs may help you:
Tip
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Using SSL with Apache requires the activation of the corresponding module. The Ubuntu version of Apache comes with two commands a2enmod and a2dismod for enabling and disabling modules by managing symbolic links from
/etc/apache2/mods-enabled
to/etc/apache2/mods-available
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Creating Your Own SSL Certificate Authority (and Dumping Self Signed Certs)
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The previously linked recipe may fail for Google Chrome being pickier about certificates than i.e. the Firefox browser. Consider stackoverflow.com for providing a “Subject Alternative Name” extension when creating your certificate signing request. The subsequent certificate creation may require a
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
configuration as being proposed by superuser.com.