SSL

DirectAdmin

request

• Account Manager > SSL Certificates
• choose Free & automatic certificate from Let's Encrypt
• either: Common Name: I should have checked Wildcard
• or: check the domain names and subdomain names for which you'd like to request a certificate
• click SAVE: a message appears:

Your request will run in the background. Once completed, you'll be notified in the Message System.

• close the message

notification

• wait a minute and normally in the top right corner, a new message notification will appear. Click on it. Normally it will state !LetsEncrypt request successful

activation

• go back to Account Manager > SSL Certificates
• scroll down and check Force SSL with https redirect and click on the Save button next to it
• then choose Account Manager > Domain Setup
• click on your domain name
• in the top right corner, click on private_html setup
• choose Use a symbolic link from private_html to public_html - allows for same data in http and https (see: https://www.versio.nl/forum/4327-maak-publichtml-en-privatehtml-gelijk-)

foswiki

• ~/lib/LocalSite.cfg: change http to https for the {DefaultUrlHost}:

$Foswiki::cfg{DefaultUrlHost} = 'https://wiki.boossy.be';

• ~/.htaccess: change public_html into private_html:

RewriteRule ^([A-Z].*) /home/web00929/domains/boossy.be/private_html/wiki/bin/view/$1 [L]

PHPJabbers tools

• PJ_INSTALL_PATH: private_html instead of public_html
• PJ_INSTALL_URL: https instead of http

vmg

• change permissions: 444 ► 644
• change the value for $base_url: https instead of http
• change permissions: 644 ► 444