Your certificate will be sent to you by email. The email message includes the web
server certificate that you purchased in the body of the email message.
Copy the certificate from the body of the email and paste it into a text editor
(such as notepad) to create text files.
- Copy the certificate to the Apache server directory in which you plan to
store your certificates (by default: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ or /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/).
Note: Copy the entire contents of the certificate from (and including) the -----BEGIN
CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines.
- Open the Apache httpd.conf file in a text editor.
- Locate the SSL VirtualHost associated with your certificate. Verify that you have
the following 2 directives within this virtual host. Please add them if they are
not present:
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/domainname.crt (or server.crt)
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/domainname.key (or server.key)
Note that some instances of Apache will store Virtual Host information in a ssl.conf
file. If your httpd.conf contains no Virtual Host information then you will need
to locate and amend the ssl.conf as above.
- Save the changes and exit the editor.
- Start or Restart your apache web server using one of the following commands:
By default:
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl
or
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart
Other commands:
/usr/sbin/httpd startssl or restart
/usr/sbin/httpsd startssl or restart
Test your certificate by using a browser to connect to your server. Use the https
protocol directive (e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure
HTTP.
Note: The padlock icon on your browser will be displayed in the locked position
if your certificates are installed correctly and the server is properly configured
for SSL.
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