Buy Certificates
Buy your SSL certificate from a provider. I got mine from namecheap.
Transfer your SSL certificate bundle files onto your server, for example into /ssl/ folder.
Enable
If you are using Apache then your first step would be to enable the SSL module in Apache and then restart it.
sudo -i a2enmod ssl service apache2 restart
Configure
Now add the following into your Apach2 config file. Usually /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
You need to replace the example.com with your domain name that you are using.
LoadModule ssl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" ServerName www.example.com SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile "/ssl/www_example_com.crt" SSLCertificateKeyFile "/ssl/example.key" SSLCACertificateFile "/ssl/bundle.crt" ServerName example.com Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/ ServerName example.com Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/ ServerName www.example.com Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/
Ensure that in your security groups, that port 443 is open to inbound traffic, then you should be able to access your site from
https://www.example.com/