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* Test your site using https://

* Remember that your browser will throw an error, it is safe to ignore it and add an exception. This will stop future re-occurrence.

=== openSUSE =>15.4 specific ===

The following line needs editing as follows to allow TLS to function in <code>/etc/sysconfig/apache2</code>:

APACHE_SERVER_FLAGS="SSL HTTP2"

== HTTP/2 Support ==

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* You must have a valid TLS certificate setup and working correctly.

* You cannot use the prefork method of loading modules into Apache. Consider tabooing the <code>apache-prefork</code> package. The alternatives are worker and event. We are using event. Consequently:

* You cannot use the <code>mod-php7</code> package to load PHP into Apache. PHP-FPM must be configured and used instead. Trying to use it will disable HTTP/2.

* You cannot use the prefork <code>mod-php7</code> package to load PHP into Apache. PHP-FPM must be configured and used instead. Trying to use it will disable HTTP/2.

To enable HTTP/2:

* In the software manager in YaST, you will need to make sure that <code>libnghttp2-14</code> shared library is installed.

* In the software manager in YaST, you will need to make sure that <code>libnghttp2-14</code> shared library is installed (Later versions of openSUSE have this installed already so just check).

* Open a terminal window

* Type <code>sudo a2enmod http2</code>. This will enable the built in module in Apache.

'''As of at least openSUSE 15.4, the following is already done by default'''

* Open kwrite and open the file <code>/etc/apache2/httpd.conf</code>

* At the end of the file add the following line:

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 * Test your site using https://
 * Remember that your browser will throw an error, it is safe to ignore it and add an exception. This will stop future re-occurrence.
+=== openSUSE =>15.4 specific ===
+The following line needs editing as follows to allow TLS to function in <code>/etc/sysconfig/apache2</code>:
+ APACHE_SERVER_FLAGS="SSL HTTP2"
 == HTTP/2 Support ==
@@ Line 46: / Line 51: @@
 * You must have a valid TLS certificate setup and working correctly.
 * You cannot use the prefork method of loading modules into Apache. Consider tabooing the <code>apache-prefork</code> package. The alternatives are worker and event. We are using event. Consequently:
-* You cannot use the <code>mod-php7</code> package to load PHP into Apache. PHP-FPM must be configured and used instead. Trying to use it will disable HTTP/2.
+* You cannot use the prefork <code>mod-php7</code> package to load PHP into Apache. PHP-FPM must be configured and used instead. Trying to use it will disable HTTP/2.
 To enable HTTP/2:
-* In the software manager in YaST, you will need to make sure that <code>libnghttp2-14</code> shared library is installed.
+* In the software manager in YaST, you will need to make sure that <code>libnghttp2-14</code> shared library is installed (Later versions of openSUSE have this installed already so just check).
 * Open a terminal window
 * Type <code>sudo a2enmod http2</code>. This will enable the built in module in Apache.
+'''As of at least openSUSE 15.4, the following is already done by default'''
 * Open kwrite and open the file <code>/etc/apache2/httpd.conf</code>
 * At the end of the file add the following line: