Install OpenSSL on apache (Linux)
Check if openssl is installed: rpm -qa openssl Create server.key openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048 Create server.csr openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr Remove password for convenience you will be asked password for each time the service starts if the password exits. cp server.key server.key.org openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key list files created from typing " ll server* " -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1054 Sep 20 07:53 server.csr -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1679 Sep 20 07:56 server.key -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1751 Sep 20 07:55 server.key.org Create certificate openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt cp server.key /etc/httpd/conf/ cp server.crt /etc/httpd/conf/ ll /etc/httpd/conf total 60 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 34417 Sep 20 07:41 httpd.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 13139 Feb 14 2012 magic -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1298 Sep 20 08:45 server.crt -rw-r--r--. 1 root root