I just purchased an SSL through NameCheap (positiveSSL) for Apache with OpenSSL. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 x32. I was able to generate the CRT files for verification, and I got the approval and everything else, as well as a zip file with 4 crt files, now I just need to know where to put them and how to install them.
Everything I’ve seen is creating certs rather than installing them, and the only tutorial on here I can find is using the free SSL authority, and they use different file types.
Can anyone help out a n00b?
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Upload the zip file containing the certs to your server, and extract it to /etc/apache2/ssl/ Then create a new VirtualHost in your Apache configuration that listens on port 443:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.crt # The cert sent to you
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/private.key # The key file made when you generated the CSR
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/ca.crt
# any other Apache configuration
</VirtualHost>
To create the SSLCACertificateFile, you’ll need to combine the CA certs sent to you:
cat PositiveSSLCA.crt AddTrustUTNServerCA.crt.crt > ca.crt
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