Almost got SSL working, final hurdle

Any tips on what I should be doing?

[donovanh]

Hi,

I'm in newbie territory setting up a secure area for a site's login and checkout sections. I'd like to be able to use the following:

https:// www.foo.com/login/
https:// www.foo.com/checkout/

I have purchased a secure certificate and installed it on the domain. Now, however, I am stuck. Where do I put the login and checkout directories? There is no "secure" directory, and typing in [foo.com...] gives a page not found.

Any tips *really* appreciated!

Don

[Corey Bryant]

If typing in [example.com...] gives you a page not found - make sure you have port 443 open & you have an IP address assigned to it.

Placing your items in the secure folder will not make them secure - having the SSL cert will encrypt the information

-Corey

[donovanh]

Thanks Corey.

I believe I've set it up ok, I checked the httpd.conf file and there is a virtualhost entry for the site's IP:443

The content of the folder is currently password protected, I'm hoping the SSL will simply add an extra layer of protection by encrypting the information passed through.

I do still however receive a 404 when using [foo.com...]

I'm also getting the 404 when accessing the site using [[ip-address]...]

:(

[donovanh]

Further investigation and it seems the ca-bundle was out of date. I updated the code and BAM, sweet as a nut.

[Corey Bryant]

Glad to hear that. Good luck with the site!

-Corey