Enabling HTTPS on Domain

Question

I have a vps running on ubuntu 12.04 with apache2. My question is, if I am going to install ssl cert and etc. to it am i able to use https directly to my domain? I just add A Record at my domain provider with the VPS IP Address.

Answer 1

Essentially, yes.

Remember to make sure that Apache is listening on https (and it's setup as it should be with the certs and mod_ssl) and if you have a firewall active, the port for https (443) is open.

Otherwise, all you would need to do is add your record to the DNS server.