Difference between revisions of "Seting up https secure connection"

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For an SSL encrypted web server you will need a few things. Depending on your install you may or may not have OpenSSL and mod_ssl, Apache's interface to OpenSSL.


yum -y install mod_ssl openssl
Generate private key
openssl genrsa -out ca.key 1024
Generate CSR
openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr
Generate Self Signed Key
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ca.csr -signkey ca.key -out ca.crt
Move the files to the correct locations
mv ca.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs
mv ca.key /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key
mv ca.csr /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.csr
Then we need to update the Apache SSL configuration file. Change the paths to match where the Key file is stored. If you've used the method above it will be.
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt 
Then set the correct path for the Certificate Key File a few lines below. If you've followed the instructions above it is:
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key 
Quit and save the file and then restart Apache
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

Revision as of 14:13, 28 September 2009