I trying to secure my website using a SSL certificate. I’m following this tutorial.
Here’s some information that could be valuable :
- My website is using GRAV so my virtual host file is the following :
/etc/apache2/sites-available/grav.conf - I have a domain registered at
report-this.iowith AWS Route 53. - I have the following A’s records :
report-this.iowww.report-this.io
However, I’m not sure about the following step.
In Step 2
* Would ServerName your_domain and ServerAlias www.your_domain become ServerName report-this and ServerAlias www.report-this ? I’ve tried but it doesn’t seem to work. When I run sudo apache2ctl configtest I keep getting the following message : AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message Syntax OK
Am I doing something wrong ?
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Heya @douxdoux,
Yes you are right, ServerName your_domain and ServerAlias www.your_domain become ServerName -report-this.io and ServerAlias www.report-this.io.
As for the, AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message Syntax OK error, this is a common warning when configuring an Apache2 web server. It’s not a critical error, but rather a notice that Apache couldn’t determine the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your server.
To resolve this warning, you need to set the ‘ServerName’ directive in your Apache configuration.
It should be,
ServerName report-this.io
ServerAlias www.report-this.io
Note the domain extension at the end. Change it and test again. And to setup a proper hostname for your droplet, you can follow this guide, https://vpsfix.com/3806/change-ubuntu-server-hostname-command-line/
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