Certbot with Apache

The environment for the following examples is: CentOS 7 and Apache

Simple Example (Interactive): certbot --apache

Both of the above examples will do the following;

• Modify the /etc/http/conf/httpd.conf file by adding several items
  • Several "Rewrites" to the VirtualHost section for the web site

  • RewriteEngine on

    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =WhateEverWebSiteName [OR]

    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =WhateEverWebSiteName

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

  • an Include: Include /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-le-ssl.conf

  • Include /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-le-ssl.conf