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| Installing your SSL Certificate / Web Server Certificate / Secure Server Certificate from RapidSSL.com |
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Firstly when your issuance email arrives you will have two certificates in the email - your server certificate and a chained root certificate.
Copy the chained root certificate into a text editor such as notepad and save as chain.crt.
Copy your web server certificate into a text editor such as notepad and save as yourdomain.crt.
If you have not already set up a secure virtual host or would like to learn more about installing SSL, refer to the following link for more information:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SSL-RedHat-HOWTO.html#toc4"
Note: The examples below use the following naming conventions: "Your Private Key" = " domainname.key "; "Your Web Server Certificate" = " yourdomain.crt "; "ChainedSSL CA " = " chain.crt " |
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Copy your web server certificate to the Apache server directory in which you plan to store your certificates (by default: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ or /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/) .
Note: Copy the entire contents of the certificate from (and including) the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines. |
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Open the /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ (or /usr/local/apache/conf/ depending on your setup) directory. If it is not already present, create a new directory called ca-bundle .
Copy the chain.crt file to the ca-bundle directory that you have just created.
Note: Copy the entire contents of the certificate from (and including) the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines.
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Open the httpd.conf file in a text editor.
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Locate the secure virtual host pertaining to your order. You should have the following directives within this virtual host. Please add them if they are not present:
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ yourdomain.crt ( or server.crt )
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/ domainname.key ( or server.key )
SSLCACertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ca-bundle/chain.crt
Note that some instances of Apache will store Virtual Host information in a ssl.conf file. If your httpd.conf contains no Virtual Host information then you will need to locate and amend the ssl.conf as above.
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Save the changes and exit the editor. |
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Start or Restart your apache web server. |
Test your certificate by using a browser to connect to your server. Use the https protocol directive (e.g. https://your server/) to indicate you wish to use secure HTTP.
Note: The padlock icon on your browser will be displayed in the locked position if your certificates are installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.
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