Setting up self-signed ssl certificates

#apache2 #openssl #linux

Creating a self signed certificate and configuring apache to use it

Table of Contents

Creating Self Signed Cert & Key
SSL Apache Site
- Site Configuration
- Check

Creating Self Signed Cert & Key

Path for certs
- mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl

Gen Cert & Key

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/sslSite.key \
-out /etc/apache2/ssl/sslSite.cert

Assign Right Permissions
- chmod 600 /etc/apache2/ssl/*

SSL Apache Site

Site Configuration

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/example.conf

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName      example.com:443

SSLCertificateFile  /etc/apache2/ssl/sslSite.key
SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/apache2/ssl/sslSite.cert

Reload Apache2
- service apache2 reload

Check

openssl s_client -connect example.com:443