Issue with SSL Certificate file

samuel.renotte 2019-02-21 02:38:39 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - Google Cloud Platform - Technical issue - Secure Connections (SSL/HTTPS)
bnsupport ID: ae1a0e0b-ad54-4dba-48e3-01cb09dc8a16
Description:
I'm trying to set up an SSL certificate for my site but have run into this issue:

AH00526: Syntax error on line 56 of /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf:
SSLCertificateFile takes one argument, SSL Server Certificate file ('/path/to/file' - PEM or DER encoded)
apache config test fails, aborting
Monitored apache

jota 2019-02-21 10:52:02 UTC #2

Hi @samuel.renotte,

You added some characters at the end of the lines you included in the configuration that are making Apache to fail.

#SSLCertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.crt"
#SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key"
SSLCertificateFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/****.com.au/cert.pem"Ê
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/****.com.au/privkey.pem"Ê
SSLCertificateChainFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/****.com.au/chain.pem"

As you can see, the Ê character should not be there, can you edit the file again and remove it. Please note that the characters are different in Linux and Windows so I suggest you edit the /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf file directly from the instance's terminal.

Happy to help!

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samuel.renotte 2019-02-21 21:50:54 UTC #3

Hi Jota

Thanks for replying. When I checked the file these characters aren't visible to me?

How do I edit the file and remove them? I tried using nano /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf and deleted the spaces at the end of the line for "cert.pem" and "privkey.pem" but I didn't have permission to save the changes.

Sorry if these are really basic questions but I've only just started learning how to use this a couple days ago.

Thanks

samuel.renotte 2019-02-21 22:01:40 UTC #4

Please disregard my previous question I managed to get it working.

I have run into a different issue (see image below).

I think I accidentally deleted some code from wp-config php file. Could you tell me what code I need to reinsert?

If not is there a way to restore the file to default?

Thanks again for all your help!

jota 2019-02-22 10:51:10 UTC #5

Hi @samuel.renotte,

I suggest you launch a new image or a VM in your local computer and compare the wp-config.php files of your current deployment and the new one. Please let us know if you removed any database configuration so we can help you to recover it

system 2019-03-08 10:51:10 UTC #6

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