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Figured I’d write this one up quickly as it proved to annoy the hell out of me at 4:30am this morning getting it working on a live server.

Apache 2 can serve SSL content to multiple vhosts on your setup, provided they use different IP addresses, this post will give you a quick run down on how to do it.

First up we need to actually add the new IP to the machine in /etc/network/interfaces.

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 10.1.1.7
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 10.1.1.1

auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
    address 10.1.1.8
    netmask 255.255.255.0

Replace my IPs with your own.

Restart networking.

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Next task is Apache 2 to configure it to listen on both IPs.

/etc/apache2/ports.conf

My …

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This is gonna be quite a simple tutorial that should be the same (excluding pathing and apt) across other Linux distros.

Installation

First off we’ll get Apache and mod_ssl install

sudo apt-get install apache2

SSL should be enabled by default, if not run the following

sudo a2enmod ssl

SSL certificate

There are several ways of doing this, the first you need to figure out is if you want a self signed certificate or one signed by a provider like GeoTrust, this type is not free. In this article I’ll cover both, starting with self signed.

Self signed

sudp mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo /usr/sbin/make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

Provider signed

Please note, this type of certificate has to be paid for, prices at time of writing range from £15/year to £2,000/year.

There are actually some more options …