Title: HTTP doesn't work but HTTPS works
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# HTTP doesn't work but HTTPS works

 *  Resolved [sgrgl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sgrgl/)
 * (@sgrgl)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-doesnt-work-but-https-works/)
 * Using wordpress + woocommerce. I am getting 500 Internal Server Error. it works
   from https:// but when i try to access from http:// it gives 500 Internal Server
   Error
 * VPN details;
 * CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz 4 cores
 * MEMORY : 3.91 GB real 512 MB swap
 * OS : Ubuntu 12.04
 * **cat error.log
 *     ```
       root@li304-176:/var/www/mochka.org/log# cat error.log
       [Tue Jan 20 14:32:22 2015] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN)
       mochka.org' does NOT match server name!?
       [Tue Jan 20 14:32:22 2015] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN)
       mochka.org' does NOT match server name!?
       [Tue Jan 20 14:32:26 2015] [crit] [client 85.105.253.238] configuration error:  couldn't perform authentication. AuthType not set!: /
       [Tue Jan 20 14:32:27 2015] [crit] [client 85.105.253.238] configuration error:  couldn't perform authentication. AuthType not set!: /
       [Tue Jan 20 14:32:28 2015] [crit] [client 85.105.253.238] configuration error:  couldn't perform authentication. AuthType not set!: /
       ```
   
 * **cat .htaccess**
 *     ```
       root@li304-176:/var/www/mochka.org/public_html# cat .htaccess 
   
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://mochka.org/$1 [R,L]
   
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       php_value memory_limit 512M
       ```
   
 * **/etc/apache2/sites-available/mochka.org.conf**
 *     ```
       root@li304-176:/var/www/mochka.org/public_html# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/mochka.org.conf
       <VirtualHost *:80>
   
         # Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
         ServerAdmin mochka@mochka.org
         ServerName  www.mochka.org
         ServerAlias mochka.org
   
         # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
         DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
         DocumentRoot /var/www/mochka.org/public_html   
   
           <Directory />
               Options FollowSymLinks
               AllowOverride None
           </Directory>
           <Directory /var/www/mochka.org/public_html/>
               Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
               AllowOverride All
               Order allow,deny
               allow from all
           </Directory>
   
         # Log file locations
         LogLevel warn
         ErrorLog  /var/www/mochka.org/log/error.log
         CustomLog /var/www/mochka.org/log/access.log combined
       </VirtualHost>
   
       <VirtualHost *:443>
       SSLEngine on
       SSLCertificateFile /root/certs/mochka_org.crt
       SSLCertificateKeyFile /root/certs/server.key
       SSLCertificateChainFile /root/certs/DigiCertCA.crt
   
        # Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
         ServerAdmin mochka@mochka.org
         ServerName  www.mochka.org
         ServerAlias mochka.org
   
         # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
         DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
         DocumentRoot /var/www/mochka.org/public_html  
   
         # Log file locations
         LogLevel warn
         ErrorLog  /var/www/mochka.org/log/error.log
         CustomLog /var/www/mochka.org/log/access.log combined
       </VirtualHost>
       ```
   
 * **cat /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini –> [http://pastebin.com/5Y4x527p](http://pastebin.com/5Y4x527p)**
 * **apache2 -V**
 *     ```
       Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
       Server built:   Jul 22 2014 14:35:25
       Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:30
       Server loaded:  APR 1.4.6, APR-Util 1.3.12
       Compiled using: APR 1.4.6, APR-Util 1.3.12
       Architecture:   64-bit
       Server MPM:     Prefork
         threaded:     no
           forked:     yes (variable process count)
       Server compiled with....
        -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork"
        -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
        -D APR_HAS_MMAP
        -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
        -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
        -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
        -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
        -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
        -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
        -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128
        -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/apache2"
        -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/lib/apache2/suexec"
        -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache2.pid"
        -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
        -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/apache2/accept.lock"
        -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
        -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="mime.types"
        -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="apache2.conf"
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [sgrgl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sgrgl/)
 * (@sgrgl)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-doesnt-work-but-https-works/#post-5692838)
 * Funny but adding
 * <Directory “/var/www/mochka.org/public_html”>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory>
 * to **sites-enabled/mochka.org.conf ** file solves the problem
    not_ sites-available/
   mochka.org.conf_

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