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Setting up an Apache web server to host a WordPress website with SSL certificates for both www and non-www domains involves several steps. Here’s a detailed guide on how to do this:

Prerequisites:

  1. A domain name (e.g., example.com).
  2. Access to a Linux server with root or sudo privileges.
  3. Apache web server installed and running.
  4. WordPress installed and configured.

Step 1: Install Certbot and Obtain SSL Certificates

  1. Install Certbot on your server. The following example is for Ubuntu/Debian:
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-apache

Step 2: Configure Apache VirtualHosts

  1. Create or edit your Apache VirtualHost configuration for the non-www version of your domain (example.com). You can find the Apache configuration file for your site in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. Here’s an example VirtualHost configuration:
   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
       ServerName example.com
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html

       ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com-error.log
       CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com-access.log combined
   </VirtualHost>
  1. Create a separate VirtualHost configuration for the www version of your domain (www.example.com):
   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
       ServerName www.example.com
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html

       ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/www.example.com-error.log
       CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/www.example.com-access.log combined
   </VirtualHost>
  1. Save the configuration files and exit the text editor.

Step 3: Enable the New VirtualHosts

  1. Enable the non-www and www VirtualHost configurations:
   sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
   sudo a2ensite www.example.com.conf
  1. Reload Apache to apply the changes:
   sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 4: Certbot to obtain SSL

  1. Use Certbot to obtain SSL certificates for both www and non-www versions of your domain. Replace example.com with your domain name:
   sudo certbot --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com

Certbot will guide you through the certificate issuance process and configure your Apache VirtualHosts.

note: you must issue for both domains together as shown an above example , otherwise you will get error.

  1. Make sure your SSL configurations are present in the respective VirtualHost configurations for both domains. Certbot should have added these configurations when obtaining the SSL certificates.

Step 5: Test Your Configuration

  1. Test your Apache configuration for any syntax errors:
   sudo apachectl configtest
  1. Ensure that your SSL certificates are correctly set up:
   sudo certbot certificates

Step 6: Configure WordPress

  1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to “Settings” > “General.”
  2. Update the “WordPress Address (URL)” and “Site Address (URL)” to use the HTTPS protocol (https://example.com and https://www.example.com).

Step 7: Verify HTTPS

Visit your website using both www and non-www versions (e.g., https://example.com and https://www.example.com) to confirm that SSL is working correctly.

Your WordPress website should now be accessible over HTTPS with both www and non-www versions of your domain. Remember to renew your SSL certificates when necessary using Certbot’s automated renewal process.

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