Trouble with adding SSL to Apache2
I'm having a heck of a time getting SSL to work on an Ubuntu 18.04 server using Apache2. I've installed Mediawiki to /var/www/html/wiki. I have a mediawiki.conf file that has virtual host entries for both 80 and 443. I have SSLEngine on and for the certificate file and the key file I have them pointed to the correct directory.
I'm having two issues:
1. If i type https://domain.com/wiki, it gives me a 404 not found, yet it fills in the /index.php/Main_Page at the end of the URL but the port says 80
2. If i type https://domain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_page it works and it uses 443. The issue with that is, I'm getting an error with chrome that says I'm getting mixed content. When i go to developer tools in chrome it's telling me that the .png file im using for the logo is not secure.
I haven't messed with ubuntu and apache2 for a while so i'm probably missing something, im just not sure what.
Thank you.
I'm having two issues:
1. If i type https://domain.com/wiki, it gives me a 404 not found, yet it fills in the /index.php/Main_Page at the end of the URL but the port says 80
2. If i type https://domain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_page it works and it uses 443. The issue with that is, I'm getting an error with chrome that says I'm getting mixed content. When i go to developer tools in chrome it's telling me that the .png file im using for the logo is not secure.
I haven't messed with ubuntu and apache2 for a while so i'm probably missing something, im just not sure what.
Thank you.
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I changed the port 80 virtual host to redirect by using the Redirect / https://domain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
Also, for some reason something is cached somewhere and it thinks my logo has a capital in the first letter. so i changed the filename on the server to have a capital for the first letter and the mixed content error went away.
as it stands, if i type http://domain.com or https://domain.com, they both go to https://domain.com.wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thank you for the help.
Also, for some reason something is cached somewhere and it thinks my logo has a capital in the first letter. so i changed the filename on the server to have a capital for the first letter and the mixed content error went away.
as it stands, if i type http://domain.com or https://domain.com, they both go to https://domain.com.wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thank you for the help.
Sounds like your MediaWiki config (PHP file somewhere) or database is polluted with links of the form http://domain.com which should be changed to //domain.com (no http: or https:) for protocol agnostic access.
My guess when you find where the http:// is hard coded + fix this, the rest of your problems will resolve.
My guess when you find where the http:// is hard coded + fix this, the rest of your problems will resolve.
When you fix your database. Be sure to refer to MediaWiki docs regards serialized data.
https://www.mediawiki.org/
Serialized data requires a special mechanism to update data. Best to ask about this in the MediaWiki forums.
https://www.mediawiki.org/
Serialized data requires a special mechanism to update data. Best to ask about this in the MediaWiki forums.
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Thank you David for all of your help and knowledge.
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If i go to http://domain.com it redirects me to http://domain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
If i try it with https it send me back to the http version.
If i put in https://domain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_page it goes right to the https site. Also, when i use IE, i dont get the error that it has mixed content.
I'm starting to think it has something to do with the way mediawiki is also forwarding/rewriting the URL. If i use the curl command you gave me and only put in the domain.com, it gives me an HTTP/1.1 200 OK. If i put domain.com/wiki I get 2 301 Moved Permanently. one to /wiki/ and the other to /wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
If I am going to http://domain.com, should it be sending me to the https://domain.com?