On 10/25/07, Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have a pointer to correct documantation for generating and > installing a self signed ssl cert for use on httpd on a C-5 machine? > > The docs say to use genkey but AFAIK upstream rm'd crypto-utils from the > distro and as such it is not available. I tried generating the cert on a C-4 > machine using genkey and installing on the C-5 machine but I get the following > error when I try to connect: > > [...] > > Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong here? Google is not being helpful > and I am getting frustrated. I wish I better understood open ssl. :-( > > Regards, > > -- > Tom Diehl tdiehl at rogueind.com Spamtrap address mtd123 at rogueind.com You might find a bunch of guides online that give you ways to do it using openssl, but C5 has a Makefile already set up to do this for you. Steps: 1. cd /etc/pki/tls/certs 2. make testcert 3. restart apache The default ssl.conf file points to the localhost.* files that are generated by this command.