Knowledge Base

Step 1
Before installing a Certificate on your server, please ensure you have the following on hand.

1. Private Key (Generated along with the CSR)
2. Server Certificate
3. Intermediate CA / Chain Certificate bundle (file ending with .ca-bundle)

Step 2
Copy these files on your Linux Server. These files can be placed anywhere, but it is recommended to have them in the following location.

1. Server Certificate and Intermediate - /etc/pki/tls/certs/
2. Private Key - /etc/pki/tls/private/

• After ensuring the files are in place and the mod_ssl is installed on the server, you can start configuring ssl on the server.
• Edit the virtual host entry available in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file to assign the Private Key, Certificate and the Intermediate CA file to the configuration.

<VirtualHost *:443>      SSLEngine On      SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/your_domain_name.crt      SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/private.key      SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/your_domain_name.ca-bundle       ........      ........      ........      ........ </VirtualHost>

 

• After assigning the appropriate files to the directives
• Restart the Apache service, using this command

• The new configuration will take effect.