How do I force https? It seems to always use http?

I changed my config file to use SSL, but it still doesn't redirect.

Just use apache rewrite:

# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    DirectoryIndex index.php

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
    RewriteRule (.*) https://mysecure.mydomain.com%{REQUEST_URI}

    <IfModule mod_php5.c>
        AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

        php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
        php_flag track_vars On
        php_flag register_globals Off
        php_value include_path .
    </IfModule>

</Directory>

doh.. I always make the dumbest mistakes.. xD

If you go through;
mysite.com/phpMyAdmin/setup/
^ You can setup your mysql settings.

Once your done, you can do the following;
rm -rf setup # We don't need the setup folder anymore...
mv config/config.inc.php config.inc.php # Move the saved config file.
rm -rf config # Remove the config folder.

Then it automatically resets to https mode, although sometimes it doesn't work right.. thanks for the .htaccess rewrite code

No need to use rewrite. You can just use Redirect. It doesn't get simpler than this! Here's something very similar to what I use on my linode:

<VirtualHost *:443>
  ServerName mydomain.com
 
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mydomain.com/access.log combined
  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/mydomain.com/error.log
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/ssl.key/mydomain.key
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/ssl.crt/mydomain.crt
  SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/ssl.crt/mydomain.ca-bundle
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName mydomain.com
  Redirect / https://mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

Then Apache will just autoredirect from http to https.

found a easier method, but I used some of your code to do it. I manually set a https redirect in my vhost;

# Force https:// on phpMyAdmin login.
Redirect /path/to/pma https://example.com/path/to/pma/

Works great!

I follow instructions in
http://library.linode.com/security/ssl-certificates/self-signed

And I don't know where the *.crt file is : (

don't forget to issue these commands:

sudo a2ensite default-ssl

enables HTTPS for your apache2 install (even though the apache2/sites-available/default-ssl file is configured for HTTPS)

and of course restart

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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