I believe on the open source config I posted, it was a "signed" certificate.
But you can get them for free here.

http://www.startssl.com/


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Kevin King <ke...@precisonline.com> wrote:

> John (Thompson)... This IHS Apache is definitely a cracked Apache with some
> odd configuration  SSL setup in particular is completely different.
>
> John (Hester), I can see the cert in the key file (through the gsk7cmd
> command) but with the name api.client.com it cannot be found.  I even
> recreated the cert as "api" (without dots) because I found a page that said
> that the dots could be causing problems, but still no love.  It seems I've
> done everything correctly but still it just can't find a combination that
> works.  I'm wondering if the problem here is the fact that it's a
> self-signed cert without a chain?  Are you using a self-signed cert here?
>  Do you have other certs in your key file that may represent a chain for
> the self-signed cert?
>
> Thank you gentlemen for the insight.  Most appreciated.
>
> -K
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:09 PM, John Hester <jhes...@momtex.com> wrote:
>
> > It sounds like you've done all you need to for basic IHS SSL
> > functionality.  As long as api.client.com matches the name you gave the
> > certificate via ikeyman, and you have the KeyFile directive, you should
> > be OK.  There are a lot of other options you can add for optimization
> > and browser compatibility, but I don't think leaving any of those out
> > would break it outright.  Here's my working IHS config from the
> > development server on my Windows workstation for comparison:
> >
> > <VirtualHost *:443>
> > SSLEnable
> > SSLProtocolDisable SSLv2
> > SSLServerCert is12.momtex.com
> >      <Directory "c:/IBM/HTTPServer/htdocs/html">
> >      Options +Includes
> >      AddType text/html .shtml
> >      AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
> >      </Directory>
> > </VirtualHost>
> > KeyFile "C:/IBM/HTTPServer/key.kdb"
> > SSLDisable
> >
> > -John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org
> > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King
> > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:02 PM
> > To: U2 Users List
> > Subject: [U2] AIX 5.3 IBMIHS Web Server
> >
> > Might anyone have any tips or tricks for getting SSL to work on the
> > IBMIHS/Apache 2.0.47 web server on an AIX 5.3 box?  The documentation
> > I've found on the web is byzantine at best and it would be fine if the
> > commands actually worked, but I keep getting odd error messages and
> > stalled at every turn.
> >
> > I've upgrade the GSK so that the server will start with SSL enabled, I
> > have a virtual host configured, but I have no clue how to tie a specific
> > certificate to the VirtualHost.  Well, let's say I have clues, but
> > nothing is working.  Here's the <VirtualHost> stanza I have set up in
> > httpd.conf:
> >
> > <VirtualHost *:443>
> >         SSLEnable
> >         SSLClientAuth None
> >         SSLServerCert api.client.com
> >         ServerName api.client.com
> >         DocumentRoot /usr/www
> >         <Directory "/usr/www">
> >              Order Allow,Deny
> >              Allow From All
> >         </Directory>
> >         ErrorLog logs/api_error.log
> >         CustomLog logs/api_error.log common </VirtualHost>
> >
> > I've been able to generate a CSR and create a self-signed certificate,
> > and it would appear that I've even successfully imported that
> > certificate into my key database, as demonstrated by this command:
> >
> > $ gsk7cmd -cert -details -db /usr/IBMIHS/ssl/client.kdb -label "
> > api.client.com" -pw "password"
> >
> > ...which produces the following output...
> >
> > Label: api.client.com
> > Key Size: 512
> > Version: X509 V1
> > Serial Number: 00 DB 00 41 9A 19 77 7E 9F Issued By: api.client.com
> > CLIENT City, ST, US
> > Subject: api.client.com
> > CLIENT
> > City, ST, US
> > Valid From: Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:06:08 PM EST To: Saturday,
> > April 17, 2032 7:06:08 PM EDT
> > Fingerprint: ...
> > Signature Algorithm: 1.2.840.113549.1.1.5 Trust Status: enabled
> >
> > But even though this certificate is in the keyfile (and yes, I have a
> > KeyFile directive elsewhere in the httpd.conf file pointing to the
> > client.kdb file) I can't seem to associate it to the virtual host.  What
> > am I missing?
> >
> > (And yes, I'm aware this is not specifically a U2 question but I need
> > this to provide web connectivity to a Unidata machine from a Rackspace
> > hosted server.  So in a way... it sorta is U2 related.)
> >
> > Help?
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