SSL CONFIGURATION FOR APACHE USING OPENSSL

1.      Open command prompt (As Administrator) and change directory to “C:\Apache24\bin”

                          

2.      Type openssl.exe and press enter.

3.      Generate Private Key 

Type - genrsa -out Private.key 2048   - Press Enter

4.      Generate CSR

              Step 1 Type the following command and press enter

                 req -new -key private.key -out Domain.csr -config C:\Apache24\conf\openssl.cnf

            

           Step 2 Then specify Country Name , State or Province , Locality or City, Company ,    

                            Organizational Unit, Common Name (host+domain name).                                                                   

               Leave Challenge password and optional company name empty by pressing Return key.

          5. Once CSR file is generated, proceed to enrolment from CA to get SSL certificate.

          6.  Download SSL certificate and extract it's content into C:\Apache24\bin folder.

         7. Edit C:\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf in Notepad and remove # preceding following lines:

·         LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

·         LoadModule socache_shmcb_module modules/mod_socache_shmcb.so

·         Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

       8. Open up c:\Apache24\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf  in Notepad to make changes.

                STEP 1 Give file path for SSL certificate (.crt file) provided by CA.

                

                STEP 2 Give file path for private key which you generated in Step 3.

                STEP 3 Give file path for CA-bundle provided by CA in Certification Authority.

          9. After doing all the steps restart Apache service.

                                                           

       10. Open browser to check whether URL is secured using HTTPS or not.