How to Install my RapidSSL Centos
Hi,
I’ve rapid ssl and dont know how to install this to my centos 7 server (my virtual server: xxx.com domain).
there’s only ubuntu lessons I could see.
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Hi @cagkana9f5cd873f5b8188e469
There’s very little difference between SSL certificate installation on CentOS and Ubuntu, since everything is done by Apache/Nginx and OpenSSL, which is the same on both operating systems, but might have slightly different configuration locations.
There’s a fairly generic tutorial for generating certificates and installing them:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-from-a-commercial-certificate-authority
And there’s a Apache CentOS tutorial for installing certificate, but since you’re using a commercial certificate, you just need to skip step 2:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-an-ssl-certificate-on-apache-for-centos-7
SSL is a web protocol used to encrypt a site's information and create a more secure connection. The certificate system also assists users in verifying the identity of the sites that they are connecting with. In this guide, we will show you how to set up a self-signed SSL certificate for use with an Apache web server on a CentOS 7 VPS.
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thank you, but how can I make it in my virtual host?
example; my xxx.com.conf file has it;
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.xxx.com
ServerAlias xxx.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/xxx.com/public_html
ErrorLog /var/www/xxx.com/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/xxx.com/requests.log combined
</VirtualHost>how should I change it?
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Simply follow the tutorial that outlines the installation on Apache:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-ssl-certificate-from-a-commercial-certificate-authority#apacheBut your end configuration would look something like this:
<VirtualHost *:443> ServerName www.xxx.com ServerAlias xxx.com SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /path/to/certificate.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/certificate.key SSLCACertificateFile /path/to/intermediate.crt DocumentRoot /var/www/xxx.com/public_html ErrorLog /var/www/xxx.com/error.log CustomLog /var/www/xxx.com/requests.log combined </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.xxx.com ServerAlias xxx.com Redirect permanent / https://www.xxx.com/ </VirtualHost>
This tutorial will show you how to acquire and install an SSL certificate from a trusted, commercial Certificate Authority (CA). SSL certificates allow web servers to encrypt their traffic, and also offer a mechanism to validate server identities to their visitors. The...
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