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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

OpenSSL on Ubuntu

First, log on to your server and install Apache:
# sudo apt-get install apache2
Now, install and enable SSL module:
# sudo a2enmod ssl
# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
Creation a directory on this location
# mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
# cd /etc/apache2/ssl
Run these following commands
# openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
# openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
# openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
# chmod 0400 /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
# chmod 0400 /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
# cp /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key server.key.orig
# openssl rsa -in server.key.orig -out server.key
# chmod 400 /etc/apache2/ssl/*


Find and edit the RED TEXT.
# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key

Restart WebServer
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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