Create self signing SSL Certificate

July 10, 2009 · Posted in apache 
  1. Generate server key
    openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 4096
  2. Create certificate signing request
    openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
  3. Sign the certificate signing request with the server key
    openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
  4. Make the server key that does not need the password
    openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.insecure
  5. Do some house cleaning
    mv server.key server.key.secure
    mv server.key.insecure server.key
  6. Use the following files in apache configuration
    server.key
    server.crt

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