HTTPS for Golang API

Issue

I am new to Golang and I did set up a "hello world!" test message for a Golang API on our VPS. It works just fine at http://www.example.com:8080/hello. I would like however to move to HTTPS.

Could someone tell me step by step the right procedure to go from HTTP to HTTPS for a golang API? Thank you!

In case there is an issue with the golang code:

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "log"
        "net/http"
)

func main() {
        http.HandleFunc("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
                fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello, World")
        })

        fmt.Println("Server Started On Port 8080")
        log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
}

Solution

Thanks to John Hanley for support that lead to this answer.
First of all I did set the port 8443 for https by editing /etc/apache2/ports.conf:

Listen 80

<IfModule ssl_module>
        Listen 443
        Listen 8443
</IfModule>

Then I added a VirtualHost in the config of the example.com domain so that port 8443 acts as a proxy:

<VirtualHost *:8443>
        ServerAdmin admin@example.com
        ServerName www.example.com
        ServerAlias example.com

        ProxyRequests Off
        <Proxy *>
                Order deny,allow
                Allow from all
        </Proxy>
        ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

       Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
       SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem
       SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>

and you need to load the modules proxy and proxy_http using e2enmod proxy and e2enmod proxy_http.
After reloading apache, the API can be called at https://www.example.com:8443/hello.

Answered By – Filippo

Answer Checked By – Terry (GoLangFix Volunteer)