SSL Problem(I need help)

Hi everyone. I just bought a VPS apache ubuntu 16.04 1 click wordpress install from digital ocean(this is my first time ever using a VPS) and I created a site. Then I went ahead and got an SSL but now when I go to my site I get this:

This site is unreachable
The server rejected the connection.

I tried two times from scratch and this is the error I got everytime. I contacted their support but they sent me to some youtube videos Maybe someone here had this type of problem and could give me a helping hand? I've been trying for hours with no progress.

DigitalOcean VPS is cheap because they don't offer much customer support as it is made for web developers, so that's normal. If you're having problems just installing an SSL it may be better to use their VPS as a fun playground, not for an actual money-making site - because you'll probably have a metrics sh*tton of security issues server side. Sorry to be blunt, but you should be warned early on so you're not totally screwed over later. It's not as easy as something like a shared host or a managed wordpress. If you're comfortable continuing anyway:

There are about 1000 reasons why your SSL could not be working, but it's most likely configuration-related or the "free" ssl. Did you use Let's Encrypt? Make note LE does not allow wildcards. Either way, start at these two places:

https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...on-a-vps#activating-the-certificate-in-apache

(older version of ubuntu, adapt as needed)

https://debian-administration.org/article/349/Setting_up_an_SSL_server_with_Apache2

Firewall could also be blocking it. Check to see for open ports. Keys could likewise be a problem, check those. If none of the above, find where the default ssl-config points. Like I said, could be a 1000 different reasons.

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll check those articles and see if I can find anything. Thanks again!

There's a wp plugin named easy ssl or something like that, check it out

In general settings (which you can no longer see) I suspect it has your site set http:// instead of https://
I forgot what file to edit in fta but I think you change it in wp-config.php
and I think there is a code for .htaccess. Might want to ask for a hand. I got corn to shuck or I'd fix ya up. Good luck!

Thanks guys I got it figured out

Dresden said:

Thanks guys I got it figured out

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Out of curiosity, what did it happen to be?

I went into sudo etc/hosts and I had to add some things in there. Seems to be working for now.

Dresden said:

Hi everyone. I just bought a VPS apache ubuntu 16.04 1 click wordpress install from digital ocean(this is my first time ever using a VPS) and I created a site. Then I went ahead and got an SSL but now when I go to my site I get this:

This site is unreachable
The server rejected the connection.

I tried two times from scratch and this is the error I got everytime. I contacted their support but they sent me to some youtube videos Maybe someone here had this type of problem and could give me a helping hand? I've been trying for hours with no progress.

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I think your SSL public key and private key is not properly generated check again and put in your host then kindly share some snap's about error you are facing I am able to work on this

Regenerate the SSL process again by creating new CSR..

Wait dns propagation takes time, shld work in next few hours.