Help getting SSL to work

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Hi, I did a WordPress on Ubuntu 18.04 droplet. I just did the normal install, got into the dashboard, and the site works but only over HTTP. I did go to my security under account and add a certificate, and on install of the WP it also asked and I had said yes. Still my site won’t work under HTTPS, is this just a waiting issue or did I miss something?

Answer 1

alexdo January 19, 2020

Hello, @jarnold910

Could you please let me know what you’ve done on your droplet? Have you uploaded the SSL files and updated the Apache/Nginx virtual hosts in order to load the SSL certificate files.

You will also need to make sure that port 443 is open and that Apache/Nginx is listening on it as well.

You can check this tutorial as you might find it useful:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-from-a-commercial-certificate-authority

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Alex

How To Install an SSL Certificate from a Commercial Certificate Authority

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This tutorial will show you how to acquire and install an SSL certificate from a trusted, commercial Certificate Authority (CA). SSL certificates allow web servers to encrypt their traffic, and also offer a mechanism to validate server identities to their visitors. The...

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jarnold910 January 20, 2020

Unfortunately, this is all gibberish to me. I don’t really understand servers well so I assume I just did not do the setup correctly..

All I did was the initial install with WordPress on Ubuntu18.04 and then pointed my domain, and from the DO dashboard I created the SSL in the security area.

I did install nginx but didn’t do server blocks because my site was created to be up and running I didn’t know where my actual files are as of now
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- fordie March 20, 2020
  
  I have the same issue. Did you get this resolved?
  
  As far as I can tell I have the cert, it’s just not running over SSL.
  
  edited by alexdo
  
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  alexdo March 23, 2020
  
  Hello, @fordie
  
  Looking at this everything seems to be loading fine through https, so I assume you’ve sorted the issue. Feel free to share what was needed to sort this out.
  
  Regards,
  Alex
  
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- alexdo March 23, 2020
  
  Hello, @jarnold910
  
  I hope this is already sorted, but if not can you please check the tutorial that I’ve sent regarding the SSL installation?
  
  You can jump to the Install Certificate On Web Server step and follow the process from there.
  
  If you’re having issues to install your SSL Certificate you can temporary install a Let’s Encrypt SSL in order to make your site secure. You can find more information here:
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04
  
  Hope this helps!
  
  Regards,
  Alex
  
  How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
  by Kathleen Juell
  by Erika Heidi
  Let's Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.
  
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jarnold910 January 20, 2020

Unfortunately, this is all gibberish to me. I don’t really understand servers well so I assume I just did not do the setup correctly..

All I did was the initial install with WordPress on Ubuntu18.04 and then pointed my domain, and from the DO dashboard I created the SSL in the security area.

I did install nginx but didn’t do server blocks because my site was created to be up and running I didn’t know where my actual files are as of now
Reply Report
- fordie March 20, 2020
  
  I have the same issue. Did you get this resolved?
  
  As far as I can tell I have the cert, it’s just not running over SSL.
  
  edited by alexdo
  
  Reply Report
  
  alexdo March 23, 2020
  
  Hello, @fordie
  
  Looking at this everything seems to be loading fine through https, so I assume you’ve sorted the issue. Feel free to share what was needed to sort this out.
  
  Regards,
  Alex
  
  Reply Report
- alexdo March 23, 2020
  
  Hello, @jarnold910
  
  I hope this is already sorted, but if not can you please check the tutorial that I’ve sent regarding the SSL installation?
  
  You can jump to the Install Certificate On Web Server step and follow the process from there.
  
  If you’re having issues to install your SSL Certificate you can temporary install a Let’s Encrypt SSL in order to make your site secure. You can find more information here:
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04
  
  Hope this helps!
  
  Regards,
  Alex
  
  How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
  by Kathleen Juell
  by Erika Heidi
  Let's Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.
  
  Reply Report

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