Step 1: Generate a Private Key
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
to generate key without password:
openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024
Step 2: Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
Step 3: Remove Passphrase from Key
cp server.key server.key.org
openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
Step 4: Generating a Self-Signed Certificate
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
Step 5: Installing the Private Key and Certificate
cp server.crt /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt
cp server.key /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key
Step 6: Configuring SSL Enabled Virtual Hosts
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key
SetEnvIf User-Agent “.*MSIE.*” nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
CustomLog logs/ssl_request_log
“%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x “%r” %b”
Step 7: Restart Apache and Test
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/init.d/httpd stopor
service apache2 restart
http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html