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AWS WordPress Bitnami SSL certificate Installation

Today we are going to install an SSL certificate for our AWS Bitnami WordPress. In this scenario, we are going ahead with the “Let’s Encrypt” certificate. However, if we prefer a premium SSL certificate, we can easily upload it to the secure folder on our server.

The prerequisites for installing Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate include:

• Bitnami WordPress
• Command-line or SSH access with root privileges

How to install and configure an SSL certificate

1. To begin with, we will use the WP Encryption WordPress plugin to generate a free SSL certificate. This involves installing and activating the plugin and navigating to the WP Encryption page. Then we have to enter our email address and click generate SSL Certificate button.

   However, the certificate expires in 90 days, Hence, we have to re-generate a new one before the expiry date. Alternatively, we can upgrade to WP Encryption Pro in WordPress Bitnami and use the auto-renew feature.

   We can find the certificate.crt and private.pem files in the keys/ folder inside the WordPress directory.
2. Next, we are going to configure the server configuration file in order to use the SSL certificate and key. We only need to do this once.

   This involves creating a link from the existing SSL certificate to new SSL certificates. This is done via the SSH or command line with the following commands:

   • For the latest Bitnami:

     cd /opt/bitnami/apache/conf/bitnami/certs
     
     sudo ln -sf /opt/bitnami/wordpress/keys/certificate.crt server.crt
     
     sudo ln -sf /opt/bitnami/wordpress/keys/private.pem server.key
     
     sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
   • For older Bitnami:

     cd /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf
     
     sudo ln -sf /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/keys/certificate.crt server.crt
     
     sudo ln -sf /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/keys/private.pem server.key
     
     sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

After that, open the site with the https:// protocol to verify the valid certificate is in place.

Sometimes the SSL intermediate certificate may be missing. In such scenarios, run the following commands:

• For the latest Bitnami:

  cd /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami
  sudo nano bitnami-ssl.conf

  Then, add the following line after the SSLCertificateKeyFile line:

  SSLCACertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/wordpress/keys/cabundle.crt"
• For older Bitnami:

  cd /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami
  sudo nano bitnami.conf

  Then, add the following line after the SSLCertificateKeyFile line:

  SSLCACertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/keys/cabundle.crt"

Once we make the above changes, it is time to save the changes and exit the file. At this point, it is time to restart WordPress Bitnami Apache for the modifications to take effect:

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled WordPress Support Engineers at Bobcares took us through AWS WordPress Bitnami SSL installation and configuration.