use ssl only on certain directories

[Russell Harrison]

Well you are setting up different virtual hosts, but they can share a
hostname.  They'll just be listening on different ports.  http on 80 and
https on 443.

On 4/12/06, Romeo Theriault <romeotheriault at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But do I need to setup a completely different virtual host for every
> set of directories that I want to secure with ssl.
> If yes, then do the virtual hosts  need to all have different names?
>
> I would like to have one virtual host (eg. www.example.com) and
> specify within that Virtual Host section that I want directory
> "forms" and directory "apply" secured with ssl.
>
> Romeo
>
> On Apr 12, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Kishore Jalleda wrote:
>
> > In the SSL virtual host section just psecify the "DocumentRoot"
> > directive on
> > the directory out out of which you will be serving your files via
> > ssl, like
> > this
> >
> > <VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xx.x:443>
> > DocumentRoot "/htdocs/ssl"
> > .......
> > .....
> > .....
> >
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > So now you can access your files in the directory /htdocs/ssl via
> > SSL, since
> > you have specifically enabled ssl on that directory..., rest of the
> > virtual
> > hosts would function as normal.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Kishore Jalleda
> >
> >
> > On 4/12/06, Romeo Theriault <romeotheriault at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It is, but within that virtual host, I need to specify only certain
> >> directories. I may be misunderstanding you though. Would you
> >> elaborate?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Romeo
> >> On Apr 12, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Kishore Jalleda wrote:
> >>
> >>> define your ssl configuration in the virtual host section of
> >>> httpd.conf
> >>>
> >>> Kishore Jalleda
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 4/12/06, Romeo Theriault <romeotheriault at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi, We have a Red Hat AS 4.3 machine that we are running Apache
> >>>> on. I
> >>>> know how to setup mod_ssl and create a certificate to run the
> >>>> website
> >>>> with ssl encryption. But we don't want the whole site to have ssl,
> >>>> only certain directories. How do I edit the httpd.conf file so only
> >>>> certain directories are using ssl.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you
> >>>>
> >>>> Romeo Theriault
> >>>>
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