HTTPS configuration not working

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I’m using Ubunutu and didn’t manipulate the file 000-default.conf because I prefer it stays like it is.
I did a2dissite 000-default.conf and then added two files below /etc/apache2/sites-available:

redirect-to-ssl.conf redirects all HTTP traffic (port 80) to HTTPS (port 443):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName my.server.name

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
    RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$   https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
</VirtualHost>

And my.server.name-ssl.conf to handle that SSL traffic:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName my.server.name

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile      /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.server.name/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/letsencrypt/live/my.server.name/privkey.pem
    Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
</VirtualHost>

Then I did

  • a2enmod ssl
  • a2ensite redirect-to-ssl.conf
  • a2ensite my.server.name-ssl.conf
  • systemctl restart apache2.service

Of course you have to adapt the SSL file paths to yours.
You may also want to try apachectl configtest to check the configuration.

Update: In a previous version I wrote systemctl status apache2. Of course it is restart.

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