On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 07:07 -0800, M E Fieu wrote: > --- Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 02:28 -0800, M E Fieu wrote: > > > Hi.. I tried to enable SSL / create a SSL Cert in my Fedora 3 > > > > > > I used the following to create server key > > > > > > openssl genrsa -des3 4096 >/etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key > > > > > > then I make your a self signet cerificte with > > > > > > openssl req -new -x509 -key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key -out > > > > /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt -days 365 -utf8 > > > > > > and then I ensure the following entries is in my ssl.conf > > > SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt > > > SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key > > > > > > and restart my apache, when I surf to https://mywebsite , it state page not found. > > > http://mywebsite is ok. and when I telnet port 443 to that server, it failed too. > > > > > > The error_log show > > > [Wed Dec 28 16:08:58 2005] [notice] LDAP: Built with OpenLDAP LDAP SDK > > > [Wed Dec 28 16:08:58 2005] [notice] LDAP: SSL support unavailable > > > [Wed Dec 28 16:08:58 2005] [notice] Apache/2.0.53 (Fedora) configured -- resuming normal > > > operations > > > [Wed Dec 28 17:59:16 2005] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down > > > [Wed Dec 28 17:59:17 2005] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec) > > > [Wed Dec 28 17:59:17 2005] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ... > > > [Wed Dec 28 17:59:17 2005] [notice] Digest: done > > > > > > I also tried to create a CSR to submit to my windows domain Root CA to sign it > > > http://windowsCA/certsrv/ Can anyone tell me whether windows domain CA and sign Linux CSR? > > > > > > I used the following command to create CSR of my Linux box > > > openssl req -new -key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key -out > > /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.csr > > > > > > and use the server.csr content to http://windowsCA/certsrv/ and the windows CA can sign it and > > > return as certnew.cer. It rename it as server.crt and move it to my linux box's > > > /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt and restart the apache. Not sure whether it is right , > > but I > > > also can't telnet 443 to my linux box and error message is the same as above > > ---- > > this is how I do it. > > > > cd /usr/share/ssl/certs > > > > openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 2048 > > openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 > > > > #### generate web server certificate #### > > openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.unsecure > > openssl req -config /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf -new -x509 -days 3650 \ > > -key server.key.unsecure -out server.crt > > rm -fr /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt > > cp server.crt /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ > > rm -fr /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key > > cp server.key.unsecure /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key > > Hi.. thanks I have followed what you have shown me but I still get the same error message and I > can't telnet 443 to my box same as before. :( ---- what does it say in /var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log? ---- > > can you tell me what is mean by "openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.unsecure", what is > "in" and "out" and what is the difference between server.key and server.key.unsecure ??? ---- I believe the point is to create without the need to enter a password to start httpd ---- > > also "openssl req -config /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf -new -x509 -days 3650 \ -key > server.key.unsecure -out server.crt" > > it mean CA to signing server.crt with server private key server.key.unsecure? Why ca.key that > created has never been used in the process? ---- yeah, that snippet is only one of many certificates that I create and the ca.key is used later on (to make certs for openldap) Craig
