Re: Reverse proxy to a website with HTTPS

[Scott Trakker <scott.trakker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I found the solution to my problem!

If you want to configure a reverse proxy with HTTPS you have to install the SSL-certificates on the host (and not in the remote server or virtual machine)!

This is the final virtual hosts file:

ServerName localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/

<VirtualHost *:80 >

    ServerName [your.domain.com]

    ProxyPreserveHost On

    ProxyPass / http://[IP address virtual machine]/

    ProxyPassReverse / http://[IP address virtual machine]/

    RewriteEngine on

    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =[your.domain.com]

    RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443 >

    ServerName [your.domain.com]

    SSLProxyEngine on

    ProxyPreserveHost On

    ProxyPass / http://[IP address virtual machine]/

    ProxyPassReverse / http://[IP address virtual machine]/

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/[your.domain.com]/fullchain.pem

    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/[your.domain.com]/privkey.pem

    Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf

</VirtualHost>

For the installation of the SSL-certificate I used Let's Encrypt. No need to use any other third-party software!

All the steps that I made, can be found here:

https://jeroenverhoeckx.com/build-your-own-personal-cloud.html

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