Hello Balaji! Thanks for your comments! The SSLPassPhraseDialog is present in my config. I've followed the steps in your article and still get the same errors as above. I don't think that your steps are much different than those specified on CentOs HowTo and httpd docs pages (except that there is a shorter way to generate a passwordless certificate and a key: openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out server.crt -keyout server.key -days 365. I've also tried to use the password protected key. The httpd asks for it on startup as expected and fails with the same error afterwards :( I also didn't get the point of copying the server.crt and server.key to the ssl.crt and ssl.key and not referencing the new files from the config. Do I miss something here?
Thanks again! Sergey On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Balaji Katika <balaji.kat...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI Sergey, > > The issue seems to be with the certificate you've generated. Looks like > you've forgotten/skipped some steps. > I think you've specified some passphrase for the certificate and apache is > unable to locate that. Passphrase could be specified through > SSLPassPhraseDialog which is missing in your configuration file. > > Alternately, you could avoid this passphrase by stripping it from the > certificate while generating certificate. > I had succesfully generated a self signed certificate by following steps > at http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html > > > I would suggest to regenerate a new certificate using the instructions > mentioned at the above link and test it again.... > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Sergey Shcherbakov < > sergey.shcherba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I cannot start the httpd 2.4.9 (tried 2.4.x too) on CentOS 6.5 with the >> simplest SSL config possible. The openssl version installed on the machine >> is OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013 (I've upgraded it using 'yum update' >> to the latest patched version as well) >> >> I have compiled and installed the httpd 2.4.9 using the following >> commands: >> >> ./configure --enable-ssl --with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl/ --enable-proxy=shared >> --enable-proxy_wstunnel=shared --with-apr=apr-1.5.1/ >> --with-apr-util=apr-util-1.5.3/ >> make >> make install >> >> Now I'm generating the default self-signed certificate as described in >> the CentOS HowTo: >> >> openssl genrsa -out ca.key 2048 >> openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr >> openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ca.csr -signkey ca.key -out ca.crt >> cp ca.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs >> cp ca.key /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key >> cp ca.csr /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.csr >> >> Here is my httpd-ssl.conf file: >> >> Listen 443 >> SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5 >> SSLPassPhraseDialog builtin >> SSLSessionCache "shmcb:/usr/local/apache2/logs/ssl_scache(512000)" >> SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300 >> <VirtualHost *:443> >> SSLEngine on >> SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt >> SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key >> <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$"> >> SSLOptions +StdEnvVars >> </FilesMatch> >> <Directory "/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin"> >> SSLOptions +StdEnvVars >> </Directory> >> BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-5]" \ >> nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \ >> downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0 >> CustomLog "/usr/local/apache2/logs/ssl_request_log" \ >> "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b" >> </VirtualHost> >> >> when I start httpd using bin/apachectl -k start I get following errors >> in the error_log: >> >> Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.995654 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24021:tid 139640404293376] >> AH01887: Init: Initializing (virtual) servers for SSL >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.995726 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24021:tid 139640404293376] >> AH01914: Configuring server 192.168.9.128:443 for SSL protocol >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.995863 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] ssl_engine_init.c(312): AH01893: Configuring TLS extension >> handling >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996111 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] ssl_util_ssl.c(343): AH02412: [192.168.9.128:443] Cert >> matches for name '192.168.9.128' [subject: >> CN=192.168.9.128,OU=XXX,O=XXXX,L=XXXX,ST=NRW,C=DE / issuer: >> CN=192.168.9.128,OU=XXX,O=XXXX,L=XXXX,ST=NRW,C=DE / serial: AF04AF31799B7695 >> / notbefore: Jun 3 22:26:45 2014 GMT / notafter: Jun 3 22:26:45 2015 GMT] >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996122 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24021:tid 139640404293376] >> AH02568: Certificate and private key 192.168.9.128:443:0 configured from >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt and /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996209 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24021:tid 139640404293376] >> AH01914: Configuring server 192.168.9.128:443 for SSL protocol >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996280 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] ssl_engine_init.c(312): AH01893: Configuring TLS extension >> handling >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996295 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] AH02572: Failed to configure at least one certificate and >> key for 192.168.9.128:443 >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996303 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] SSL Library Error: error:0906D06C:PEM >> routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line (Expecting: DH PARAMETERS) -- Bad file >> contents or format - or even just a forgotten SSLCertificateKeyFile? >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996308 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] SSL Library Error: error:0906D06C:PEM >> routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line (Expecting: EC PARAMETERS) -- Bad file >> contents or format - or even just a forgotten SSLCertificateKeyFile? >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996318 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] SSL Library Error: error:140A80B1:SSL >> routines:SSL_CTX_check_private_key:no certificate assigned >> [Wed Jun 04 00:29:27.996321 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24021:tid >> 139640404293376] AH02312: Fatal error initialising mod_ssl, exiting. >> AH00016: Configuration Failed >> >> I then try to generate missing DH PARAMETERS and EC PARAMETERS: >> >> openssl dhparam -outform PEM -out dhparam.pem 2048 >> openssl ecparam -out ec_param.pem -name prime256v1 >> cat dhparam.pem ec_param.pem >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt >> >> And it mitigates the error but the next comes out: >> >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.021438 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24089:tid 140719371077376] >> AH01887: Init: Initializing (virtual) servers for SSL >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.021487 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24089:tid 140719371077376] >> AH01914: Configuring server 192.168.9.128:443 for SSL protocol >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.021874 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] ssl_engine_init.c(312): AH01893: Configuring TLS extension >> handling >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022050 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] ssl_util_ssl.c(343): AH02412: [192.168.9.128:443] Cert >> matches for name '192.168.9.128' [subject: >> CN=192.168.9.128,OU=XXX,O=XXXX,L=XXXX,ST=NRW,C=DE / issuer: >> CN=192.168.9.128,OU=XXX,O=XXXX,L=XXXX,ST=NRW,C=DE / serial: AF04AF31799B7695 >> / notbefore: Jun 3 22:26:45 2014 GMT / notafter: Jun 3 22:26:45 2015 GMT] >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022066 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24089:tid 140719371077376] >> AH02568: Certificate and private key 192.168.9.128:443:0 configured from >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt and /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022285 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] ssl_engine_init.c(1016): AH02540: Custom DH parameters >> (2048 bits) for 192.168.9.128:443 loaded from /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022389 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] ssl_engine_init.c(1030): AH02541: ECDH curve prime256v1 for >> 192.168.9.128:443 specified in /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022397 2014] [ssl:info] [pid 24089:tid 140719371077376] >> AH01914: Configuring server 192.168.9.128:443 for SSL protocol >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022464 2014] [ssl:debug] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] ssl_engine_init.c(312): AH01893: Configuring TLS extension >> handling >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022478 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] AH02572: Failed to configure at least one certificate and >> key for 192.168.9.128:443 >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022488 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] SSL Library Error: error:140A80B1:SSL >> routines:SSL_CTX_check_private_key:no certificate assigned >> [Wed Jun 04 00:34:05.022491 2014] [ssl:emerg] [pid 24089:tid >> 140719371077376] AH02312: Fatal error initialising mod_ssl, exiting. >> >> AH00016: Configuration Failed >> >> I have tried to generate the simple certificate/key pair exactly as >> described in the httpd docs >> <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ssl/ssl_faq.html#selfcert> >> >> Unfortunately, I still get exact same errors as above. >> >> I've seen a bug report with the similar issue: >> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56410 >> >> But the openssl version I have is reported as working there. I've also >> tried to apply the patch from the report as well as build the latest 2.4.x >> branch with no success, I get the same errors as above. >> >> I have also tried to create a short chain of certificates and set the >> root CA certificate using SSLCertificateChainFile directive. That didn't >> help either, I get exact same errors as above. >> >> I'm not interested in setting up hardened security, etc. The only thing I >> need is to start httpd with the simplest SSL config possible to continue >> testing proxy config for the mod_proxy_wstunnel >> >> Had anybody encountered and solved this issue? >> >> Is my sequence for creating a self-signed certificate incorrect? >> >> I'd appreciate any help very much! >> >> >> Sergey >> > >