port redirect not working for https apache2

Question

I am trying to configure apache2 on aws lightsail instance. the instance was default setup for aws wordpress + aws linux. I have a node.js server running on port 5000 on this instance.

the apache server is in /opt/bitnami/apache2.

First I tried to redirect port to 5000 for non-http requests ad it worked well.

here is the .conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyRequests Off
  ServerName example.com
  ServerAlias www.example.com

  # setup the proxy
    <Proxy *>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>

  ProxyPass / http://example:5000/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://example:5000/
</VirtualHost>

then I configured ssl certificate with bitnami bncert-tool. I turned force https redirect on while configuring ssl.

then i configured example-https.conf like below:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyRequests Off

  ServerName example.com
  ServerAlias www.example.com

  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/example.com.crt"
  SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/example.com.key"

  # setup the proxy
    <Proxy *>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>

  ProxyPass / http://example.com:5000/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://example.com:5000/
</VirtualHost>

but this time it's not working. requests are being redirected to https and resposes is from wordpress, not my node.js server.

these conf files are in /var/www and i have included them in httpd.conf using

Include "/var/www/*.conf"

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '20 at 11:57

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fixed it by replacing <VirtualHost *:80> with <VirtualHost *:443> on the example-https.conf file

still waiting for a better answer, thanks.

answered May 01 '20 at 11:57

Imtiaz Chowdhury

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '20 at 10:34

Bitnami Engineer here,

You can deploy a custom Node application on top of the Bitnami solution by following these steps:

Run the following commands to create the directories:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/bitnami/myapp
sudo mkdir /opt/bitnami/myapp/conf
sudo mkdir /opt/bitnami/myapp/htdocs

Create and edit the /opt/bitnami/myapp/conf/httpd-prefix.conf file and add the line below to it:
```
Include "/opt/bitnami/myapp/conf/httpd-app.conf"
```
Create and edit the /opt/bitnami/myapp/conf/httpd-app.conf file and add the content below to it. This is the main configuration file for your application, so modify it further depending on your application's requirements.
```
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
```
NOTE: 3000 is the default port for the Express server. If you have customized your application to use a different port, change it here as well.
Once you have created the files and directories above, add the following line to the end of the main Apache configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami-apps-prefix.conf, as shown below:
```
Include "<%= variable :app_directory, :platform %>/myapp/conf/httpd-prefix.conf"
```

Restart the Apache server:

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

You can now use the Bitnami HTTPS configuration tool to generate Let's Encrypt certificates and access your application using http and https.

port redirect not working for https apache2

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