how to configure ssl in Centos 5.9 ??
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Following are the steps to configure ssl in CentOS
1. Make sure that mod_ssl is installed.
# rpm -qa | grep mod_ssl
2. If mod_ssl package is not installed, install it using yum utility :
# yum install mod_ssl
Edit SSL Certificate And Keys through configurations
1. Edit file /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf with the filenames of the server name and SSL Certificate
information. The edited entries are
a. ServerName
b. SSLCertificateFile
c. SSLCertificateKeyFile
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
# ServerName www.example.com:443
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
– The ServerName must match the Common Name (CN) of the SSL certificate
# openssl x509 -noout -text -in localhost.crt | grep CN[/code]
1. Make sure that mod_ssl is installed.
# rpm -qa | grep mod_ssl
2. If mod_ssl package is not installed, install it using yum utility :
# yum install mod_ssl
Edit SSL Certificate And Keys through configurations
1. Edit file /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf with the filenames of the server name and SSL Certificate
information. The edited entries are
a. ServerName
b. SSLCertificateFile
c. SSLCertificateKeyFile
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
# ServerName www.example.com:443
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
– The ServerName must match the Common Name (CN) of the SSL certificate
# openssl x509 -noout -text -in localhost.crt | grep CN[/code]
