How to disable non-ssl connection on Apache 2.2

I am using Apache 2.2 on 12.04. I have activated ssl connection with a self-signed certificate which works fine, but now I'd like to disable any non-ssl connection.

I used a2dissite default but the server is still accessible on port 80 even after restarting the server.

Please help me on this.

I finally have it working:

In addition to disabling the default page with: a2dissite default, I edited /etc/apache2/ports.conf and commented the following lines:

NameVirtualHost *:80  
Listen 80

A better idea is to keep "non-ssl connection" (http), but permanently redirected to your SSL Virtual Host (https). In this case the .conf file could look like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName www.example.com
        ServerAdmin [email protected]

        # Redirect Requests to SSL
        Redirect permanent "/" "https://www.example.com/"
            
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com.error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com.access.log combined

</VirtualHost>


<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

        <VirtualHost _default_:443>
                
                ServerName www.example.com
                ServerAdmin [email protected]

                DocumentRoot /var/www/html/www.example.com

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

                SSLEngine on

                # other configuration directives...
        
        </VirtualHost>

</IfModule>

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