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Install Rapid SSL on Apache2 Ubuntu 14.04

Posted on March 26, 2015

hello everyone. I spend last couple of hours trying to set up Rapid SSL certificate on Apache2 run on Ubuntu 14.04.

I have 3 files: certificate, private key and intermediate ca.

Can anyone help me with configuration?



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The basic syntax you need to add to your Apache VirtualHost looks like:

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/example.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/example.com.key
SSLCACertificateFile /path/to//intermediate.crt

For more details, check out the tutorial “How To Install an SSL Certificate from a Commercial Certificate Authority” It should walk you through all the steps.

Let us know how it goes, and if you’re still hitting any issues.

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