On 8/28/08, Tan, Liao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > Pls gimme some direction on how to start apache (already with the https > certificate installed)automatically,that means, without informing manually > the passwords, phrase? > Here is a little documention i had worked out ( just check it out and let me know if its helpful !!
Apache : mod_ssl for virtual hosting 1. The apache server should be compiled with mod_ssl enabled,. You can check this in the httpd.conf file LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so 2. Make the followin directory structure mkdir /usr/local/apache2/conf/domains_ssl/ mkdir /usr/local/apache2/conf/domains_ssl/nokia.com/ 3. once this is done create your self-signed ssl certificate and your ssl private key using the openssl toolkit. ( for production purpose you may want to purchase your certificate) ( in orde that apache should not ask for a password when it restart we do the following ) cd /usr/local/apache2/conf/domains_ssl/agnello.com/ ------> your location of the keys for domain agnello Step 1: Generate Private Key openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 ( N.B: make sure that that the CN matches that of the domain name ) Step 2: Generate CSR openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr Step 3: Remove Passphrase cp server.key server.key.org openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key Step 4: Sign the Certificate openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt you would have the follwing keys generated. server.crt server.csr server.key server.key.org Once this is done go to the very last line in the httpd.conf file ( add the following if not already there ) <IfModule ssl_module> Listen 443 SSLRandomSeed startup builtin SSLRandomSeed connect builtin </IfModule> now in the httpd-vhost.conf file ( /usr/local/apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf ) add the following NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.244:443 <VirtualHost 192.168.0.244:443> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerName agnello.sys.qualiproj.qualispace.com ServerAlias www.agnello.sys.qualiproj.qualispace.com DocumentRoot /websites/agnello.com/web SSLEngine on SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/domains_ssl/agnello.com/server.key SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/domains_ssl/agnello.com/server.crt ErrorLog /websites/agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.error_log CustomLog /websites/agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.access_log common </VirtualHost> Now you can restart apache . it will not prompt you for a password . Now view you site https://domain.com -- Regards Agnello D'souza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
