I'm trying to use apache2 to reverse proxy my router config page. The router serves a certificate generated by Let's Encrypt using the DNS-01 challenge with wildcard support, and I'm using the subdomain router.domain.com. The certificate file contains both my domain cert and the intermediate Let's Encrypt cert that's signed by DST Root CA X3. Per the documentation for SSLProxyCheckPeerName, the Subject Alt Name contains Not Critical DNS Name: *.domain.com DNS Name: domain.com And the CN is domain.com However, if I set up the proxy with RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https" SSLProxyEngine On ProxyPass "/" "https://192.168.1.1:443/" ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://192.168.1.1:443/" I get an - Error during SSL Handshake with remote server Just adding "SSLProxyCheckPeerName off", however solves the problem. I'm not sure if this also disables CA checking or its a problem with the chaining, but I serve the same cert to my reverse proxy and web clients, and there are no problems. I'm happy to provide the cert privately.
This is running on Ubuntu 18.04, hence the slightly older release
This is because ProxyPass uses an IP address and not domain.com. It needs to be ProxyPass "/" "https://domain.com:443/" This is a configuration error and not a bug.
I'm an idiot. Sorry. I don't know why I thought the cert is to match the host that the client is connecting to...