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Cheatsheet ApacheSSL

This document provides steps to enable self-signed SSL certificates on a local Apache web server. It involves installing OpenSSL, generating self-signed certificates, enabling the SSL module for Apache, configuring the default SSL site to point to the certificates, and restarting Apache.

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Cheatsheet ApacheSSL

This document provides steps to enable self-signed SSL certificates on a local Apache web server. It involves installing OpenSSL, generating self-signed certificates, enabling the SSL module for Apache, configuring the default SSL site to point to the certificates, and restarting Apache.

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# Enabling Self signed certificates on local website

1. Install OpenSSL

sudo apt-get install openssl

2. Run the following command to generate the self signed SSL certificates:

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 1095 -newkey rsa:2048 -out
/etc/ssl/certs/[Link] -keyout /etc/ssl/private/[Link]

3. Enable SSL for Apache

sudo a2enmod ssl

4. Put the default-ssl site available creating a symbolic link

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/[Link] /etc/apache2/sites-


enabled/[Link]

5. Edit the file [Link]

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[Link]

Change the following lines to point to the certs:

SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/[Link]
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/[Link]

6. Restart Apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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