How to Apply SSL Certificate (non-self) on EC2 with Linux/Ubuntu having Apache Server.
Assuming you are well aware of What is an SSL certificate? Why we need it? here I am going to guide you for How you can apply an SSL certificate for your website hosted on Linux or Ubuntu Server using Apache 2 server. You can either purchase a new SSL certificate or can generate it for free on sslforfree.com which authorized by Letsencrypt the first non-profit CA. After Purchasing or getting your SSL certificate you have actually 2 SSL files, Certificate and Private Key. You can upload both SSL files (certificate.crt and private.key) on the server: Create a new folder in Directory `/home/user-name/.ssh`. Create or upload files certificate (.cert) file as certificate.crt and Private key (.key) as private.key in the folder created earlier. Now edit Virtual Host configuration for the website for which you want to apply the SSL certificate. sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/{yourwebsitedomain.com}.conf Add the following code to website vhost config...