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Configure UFW for HTTPS on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Allow HTTPS traffic with UFW on an Ubuntu VPS—install with

apt install ufw

then run

ufw allow 443/tcp

to open port 443 Add HTTP too with

ufw allow 80/tcp

for redirects set defaults with

ufw default deny incoming

and enable with

ufw enable

Verify with

ufw status

—expect \"443/tcp ALLOW Anywhere\" Install Certbot for SSL with

apt install python3-certbot-apache

and run

certbot --apache

to secure your site On DigitalOcean this protects phpMyAdmin at https://ip/phpmyadmin—test with

curl -I https://ip

expecting a 200 OK response ensuring uptime and security for web hosting