How can I access Wordpress on my Ubuntu server (wordpress image preloaded) after installing ssl with Let's Encrypt and Apache tutorials?

June 10, 2017 2.6k views
WordPress Apache Let's Encrypt Ubuntu 16.04
violinchic92
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violinchic92

I just went through the tutorial process with[ this tutorial]https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-let-s-encrypt-certificates-for-multiple-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04) to set up an ssl certificate and this tutorial (claimed as a prerequisite for the first). The ssl certificate is working, but I can no longer access my wordpress panel or the site that I've been building through my domain. It's just going to this very limited html file (www.mindingmypeas.com)

When I try to access the wordpress admin panel (mindingmypeas.com/wp-admin) it gives me this error message:

**Not Found

The requested URL /wp-admin/ was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at www.mindingmypeas.com Port 443**

This is my very first time setting up anything like this, so it is entirely possible that I just massively screwed it up. I've been looking through the tutorials and don't see any addressing anything remotely like this. Thanks for any help!

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hansen June 10, 2017

Hi @violinchic92

Your DocumentRoot in your Apache configuration of the HTTPS VirtualHost, is probably pointing to a different location than the HTTP VirtualHost was.

Can you post your Apache configuration? It's located in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/.

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violinchic92 June 10, 2017

*<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin mindingmypeas@gmail.com
ServerName mindingmypeas.com
ServerAlias www.mindingmypeas.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mindingmypeas.com/public_html

    <Directory /var/www/html/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =mindingmypeas.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =www.mindingmypeas.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVERNAME}%{REQUESTURI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf*

Is this what you're talking about @hansen?

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  • hansen June 10, 2017

    @violinchic92
    Yes, it was some of it. Is there another VirtualHost in the file or is there another file? I'm looking for the section called <VirtualHost *:443>.

violinchic92 June 11, 2017

@hansen okay, I found that part.

*<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin mindingmypeas@gmail.com
ServerName mindingmypeas.com
ServerAlias www.mindingmypeas.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mindingmypeas.com/public_html

    <Directory /var/www/html/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mindingmypeas.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mindingmypeas.com/privkey.pem
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
elizabeth@wordpress-1gb-mindingpeas:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$*

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  • hansen June 11, 2017

    @violinchic92

    Okay, either you changed the DocumentRoot for both configurations or you've installed WordPress into a different location.
    My guess is that you need to change DocumentRoot to this and restart Apache:

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
violinchic92 June 11, 2017

@hansen That worked! Thank you so much!

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