Configure Elastic Load Balancing With SSL And AWS Certificate Manager For Bitnami PHPBB On AWS

Luc 2018-12-27 13:27:30 UTC #1

Keywords: PhpBB - AWS - How to - Secure Connections (SSL/HTTPS)
Description:
I have 2 AWS servers running a Bitnami image, 1 for Wordpress and 1 for PhpBB.
My objective is to enable https on both.

I managed to configure the Wordpress server in https by following your excellent guide (https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/configure-elb-ssl-aws/).

Unfortunately I was not so succesful with the PhpBB server in https for which I am missing the last part to change the PhpBB config (all the rest seeems fine). I have tried to mimic the Wordpress config but it doesn't work (still stuck on a dummy example.com certificate).

Any suggestion to finish my config ?

Luc 2018-12-28 08:12:39 UTC #2

FYI.
I was able to solve the issue myself.

Follow this excellent guide : https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/how-to/configure-elb-ssl-aws/
Edit /opt/bitnami/apps/phbb/conf/httpd-prefix.conf and add the following line at the top of the file :
SetEnvIf x-forwarded-proto https HTTPS=on
edit /opt/bitnami/apps/phpbb/htdocs/common.php and add the following lines before the $secure definition:
if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') !== false) $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';
In the PhpBB admin console : General->Cookie settings->Cookie secured->enabled
Restart all

andresrc 2018-12-28 09:57:56 UTC #3

Hi @Luc,

Great, I'm happy it's working, thanks for describing the solution!

Regards,

Andres R.

system 2019-01-11 09:57:56 UTC #4

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