Configuring Apache to handle HTTPS and act as a proxy for other services

httpd.conf

# If HTTPS is required on any project, this is a simple way
# of encrypting the connection without modifying the project.
# Add these settings to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

# Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS and rewrite the URL
Listen 80
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName "ryver.life"
    ServerAlias "www.ryver.life"
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =ryver.life [OR]
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.ryver.life
    RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>
# Decrypt the HTTPS connection and proxy it to another port on the machine
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyRequests Off
    ServerName "ryver.life"
    ServerAlias "www.ryver.life"
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/ryver.life/cert.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/ryver.life/privkey.pem
    SSLCACertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/ryver.life/fullchain.pem
</VirtualHost>