By astroame
I installed certbot software on my DigitalOcean droplet, only the homepage is accessible via HTTPS, access to other pages via https:// links across the server fails, with a consistent error:
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server. Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at mysite.com Port 443
I followed the guide in this link: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04
mysite.com.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite.com/mysite-web-app/public
<Directory /var/www/mysite.com/mysite-web-app/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.mysite.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =mysite.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>
mysite.com-le-ssl.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite.com/mysite-web-app/public
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
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Hi there @astroame,
The problem is that you do not have the AllowOverride All rule in your mysite.com-le-ssl.conf config file, so that means that your .htaccess rules are not taking any effect.
What you would need to do is to copy over the rules from your port 80 Vhost to your port 443 Vhost (mysite.com-le-ssl.conf). At the end the 443 Vhost should look like this:
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite.com/mysite-web-app/public
<Directory /var/www/mysite.com/mysite-web-app/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.com/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
After making the change make sure to run a config test for your Apache webserver:
- sudo apachectl -t
And only if you get a Syntax OK restart Apache:
- sudo systemctl restart apache2
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
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