First, install mod_ssl and openssl. All of the commands will need to be run as root or su
yum install mod_ssl openssl
Now we generate the self signed certificate
openssl genrsa -out ca.key 2048
openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ca.csr -signkey ca.key -out ca.crt
cp ca.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs cp ca.key /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key cp ca.csr /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.csr
Now we need to update apache to use ssl
vi +/SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
Make sure the SSL key paths are correct, if you’ve saved them to the same location as above the lines would need to be
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt
and just below that line
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key
Save and quit vi with :w:q
Now restart apache
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Don’t forget to add port 443 through your firewall and router!
