How can I disable and enable SSL in Apache (without a command if possible)?

Question

I have Apache running in Ubuntu 14.04. How do I disable and enable the SSL mode without a command? What about with a command?

Answer 1

As far as I know there is currently no way to disable SSL without command. With command, simply launch your terminal and enter

sudo a2dismod ssl

and restart apache2

sudo service apache2 restart

To do the opposite, use this command

sudo a2enmod ssl

and also restart apache2

Answer 2

For disabling SSL without a command you can manually edit the SSLEngine directive in your ssl configuration file (usually in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default-ssl.conf)

change:

SSLEngine on

to:

SSLEngine off

restart Apache. I guess that requires a command...

for Ubuntu 14.04 and before use: sudo service apache2 restart

for Ubuntu 16.04 and beyond use: sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

from: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_ssl.html

Answer 3

Only commands are available for disable and enable SSL

Locate your SSL Protocol Configuration on your Apache server with root permission. And type

grep -i -r "SSLProtocol" /etc/apache2 

to disable

Type the following command to restart

apachectl -k restart