diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index a88169538..000000000
--- a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-LoadModule ssl_module /etc/httpd/modules/mod_ssl.so
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} xcatws
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://${HOSTNAME}$1 [R,L]
diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.apache2 b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.apache2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e7326c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.apache2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib64/apache2-prefork/mod_rewrite.so
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} xcatws
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}$1 [R,L]
+
+<Files xcatws.cgi>
+    Order allow,deny
+    Allow from all
+</Files>
+
diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..921735e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcat-ws.conf.httpd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} xcatws
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}$1 [R,L]