Why do I receive a wrong certificate error via HTTPS?

Overview

If you receive a wrong SSL certificate error when you open any domain via HTTPS, this article may help.

Requirements

Before you start, this article has the following dependencies:

• You must have SSH access set up for root or a sudo user.
  • Connecting via SSH to your server
  • How do I enable root access to my DV?
  • How do I disable SSH login for the root user?

Instructions

Connect via SSH to your DV.

Look into /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf for the line like:

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

If it exists, you have to delete/comment out this default SSL virtual host starting from the "<VirtualHost _default_:443>" line and ending with "</VirtualHost>".

Then, stop and start Apache server. Do not restart Apache.

/etc/init.d/httpd stop && /etc/init.d/httpd start

Resources

• Installing an SSL Certificate