Tuesday 13 December 2011

### Apache with SSL Support ###



  1. Secure/Encrypted communications

 Requirements:
  1. httpd
  2. openssl
  3. mod_ssl
  4. crypto-utils (genkey) - used to generate certificates/private keys/CSRs
    a. also used to create a self-signed certificate

Tasks:
  1. Install the requirements
   a. mod_ssl - module for Apache, which provides SSL support
   yum -y install mod_ssl
    /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf - includes key SSL directives

   b. crypto-utils - provies /usr/bin/genkey

  2. Generate SSL usage keys using: genkey
   a. genkey site1.linuxcbt.internal - creates text-gui interface

  3. Update /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf to reference the new keys (public/private)

  4. Restart the HTTPD server
   a. service httpd restart
   b. httpd -S

  5. Test HTTPS connectivity
   a. https://192.168.75.199

Note: For mutliple SSL sites, copy the: /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file to distinct files, that match your distinct IP-based VHosts

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