Step 1: Generate a Private Key
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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e is 65537 (0x10001)
Enter pass phrase for server.key:
Verifying - Enter pass phrase for server.key:
Step 2: Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
Enter pass phrase for server.key:
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:ID
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Jakarta
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Jakarta
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:Esjeruk
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Esjeruk
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:esjeruk
Email Address []:support@esjeruk.org
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:esjeruk
An optional company name []:
Step 3: Remove Passphrase from Key
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] cp server.key server.key.org
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
Enter pass phrase for server.key.org:
writing RSA key
Step 4: Generating a Self-Signed Certificate
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
Signature ok
subject=/C=ID/ST=Jakarta/L=Jakarta/O=Esjeruk/OU=Esjeruk/CN=esjeruk/emailAddress=support@esjeruk.org
Getting Private key
Step 5: Installing the Private Key and Certificate
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] cp server.crt /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] cp server.key /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key
Step 6: Configuring SSL Enabled Virtual Hosts
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key
Step 7: Restart Apache and Test
[root@esjeruk:/home/server] /etc/init.d/httpd restart
