Common apache config to redirect http to https and setting SSL certificate and allow .httaccess settings

apache_config.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    Redirect "/" "https://your_website.com"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
	ServerAdmin [email protected]
	ServerName your_website.com
	ServerAlias www.your_website.com
	DocumentRoot /var/www/your_website.com

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/website_error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/website_access.log combined

	SSLEngine on

	SSLCertificateFile	/etc/ssl/certs/your_website.pem
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/your_website.key

	#SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crt/server-ca.crt

	#SSLCACertificatePath /etc/ssl/certs/
	#SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt

	#SSLCARevocationPath /etc/apache2/ssl.crl/
	#SSLCARevocationFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crl/ca-bundle.crl

	#SSLVerifyClient require
	#SSLVerifyDepth  10

	#SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +ExportCertData +StrictRequire
	<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
			SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
	</FilesMatch>
	<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
			SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
	</Directory>

	# BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
	#		nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
	#		downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
    <Directory /var/www/your_website.com>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>