Configuring Apache2 Server as SSL Proxy

If you want to secure your DeepaMehta server e.g. on a public webserver, you should definitely consider secure https via SSL. Even though DeepaMehta does support this features natively, you can also use an Apache2 Server and run it as an SSL proxy. Just follow these steps:

1. Install apache2 webserver

   aptitude install apache2
   

2. Load the required modules

   a2enmod ssl rewrite proxy proxy_http
   

3. Make sure that virtual hosts is enabled for ssl somewhere in your apache2 config.

   NameVirtualHost *:443
   

4. Create file deepamehta-ssl in /etc/apache2/sites-available:

    <VirtualHost *:443>
       
       ServerName deepamehta.yourdomain.tld
       ServerAdmin postmaster@yourdomain.tld
       DefaultType text/html
   
       SSLEngine On
       SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/deepamehta.yourdomain.tld.pem
   
       ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/deepamehta-ssl-error.log
       CustomLog /var/log/apache2/deepamehta-ssl-access.log combined
       
       RewriteEngine On 
       RewriteRule ^/?$ http://localhost:8080/de.deepamehta.webclient [P] 
       RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/deepamehta-ssl-rewrite.log    
   
       ProxyRequests Off
       ProxyPreserveHost Off
       AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
       
       <Proxy *>
   	Order deny,allow
           Allow from all
       </Proxy>
       
       <location />
   	Order allow,deny
   	Allow from all
   	ProxyPass http://localhost:8080/ nocanon
   	ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8080/
       </location>
   
    </VirtualHost>
   

5. Create link to /etc/apache2/sites-available/deepamehta-ssl in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled and restart the webserver ...

That's it! You can now securely connect to https://deepamehta.your.domain.tld.

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