APACHE-SSL

HOW TO APACHE-SSL



Install the following

# yum install httpd-*
# yum install openssl
# yum install mod-ssl
# yum install crypto-utils

Creating Self signed

# genkey www.example.com

Go next till the creatin of certificates(select 1024 and self signed)

Certificate are stored in /etc/pki/private/www.example.com
and in
/etc/pki/tls/certs/www.example.com


Update /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

change the line SSLCertificatefile to the following

SSLCerticatefile /etc/pki/tls/certs/www.example.com.crt

SSLCertificatekeyfile /etc/pki/tls/private/www.example.com.key

Restart the server

# service httpd restart

To verify

netstat -ntlp | grep 443