Ubuntu: How To Create a SSL Certificate

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How To Create a SSL Certificate

Enable SSL on you server

1: enable apache2 ssl

Code:

sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo service apache2 restart

Setup ssl on you server

2: make a folder to the crt and key files

Code:

sudo mkdir /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl

change name with your username

3: Create a Self Signed SSL Certificate

Code:

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl/sitename.key -out /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl/sitename.crt

output

Code:

Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
.............+++
................+++
writing new private key to '/var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl/sitename.key'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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follow this -->

Code:

Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:New York
Locality Name (eg, city) []:NYC
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Name of company
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: just press enter
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []: website name example.com
Email Address []:Email

Setup SSL to website


4: now log on to you zpanel and go to

Code:

Module Admin --> Apache Config --> Override a Virtual Host Setting

and select domain

5: under Custom Entry:

enter

Code:

</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin Email
ServerName websitename.tld
DocumentRoot /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/public_html/website
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl/sitename.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/zpanel/hostdata/name/ssl/sitename.key

now wait to Daemon has run take about 5 min

now hXXps://sitename.tld Works

XX = tt