Apache proxy Jira HTTPS

[Ghaith Haddad]

Hello everyone,

So i have apache2 and jira installed on the same server. i created and signed my own rootCA and server certificates. Now how can i have jira route all http requests to apache2 proxy so that i can have an https connection?

right now when i go to my server's url eg: server.com i am taken to the apache homepage i can't even get to jira anymore before when i used to go to server.com:8080 i would be routed to the jira dashboard but not anymore after i installed apache2.

Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Kurt Klinner]

@Ghaith Haddad 

Hi Ghaith

were do you want to terminate your ssl session. At the apache server (which i would suggest) or directly at jira?

Cheers

Kurt

[Ghaith Haddad]

what do you mean by terminate the ssl session?

[Kurt Klinner]

@Ghaith Haddad 

One options is

User/Browser -> https -> Apache -> http -> Jira

another

User/Browser -> https -> Jira

The first one is a quite common one.

Cheers

Kurt

[Kurt Klinner]

@Ghaith Haddad 

Hi Ghaith

a common scenario would be to do the ssl termination on the apache webserver and communicate with http between apache and jira

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver073/integrating-jira-with-apache-using-ssl-861253896.html

describes the required steps.

If you would like to do the ssl termination at jira directly follow https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/running-jira-applications-over-ssl-or-https-938847764.html

In that case your apache server should do a rewrite of all incoming http requests and redirect them to https

Cheers

Kurt

[Ghaith Haddad]

Hello Kurt,

Thank you for the reply i will check it out now and let you know!

Cheers!

[Ghaith Haddad]

im afraid that didnt solve my issue on the contrary it messed up my server.xml file and i had to restore it from the backup. Step 1, step 3: the lines is the part that did the damage, i don't know why although i copied and pasted what's in there?

i did change proxyname to my server's address. was i supposed to do anything else? and im kinda confused because it doesnt mention anything about using a certificate, can https/ssl still work even though there's no certificate for the server. FYI im still on part 1 i haven't touched the apache yet.