Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of administration/system-admin

Timestamp:

Oct 7, 2009, 10:28:09 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

hank

Comment:

generate new SSL cert

administration/system-admin

@@ -39 +39 @@
 Note- This vim script is edited slightly to make symmetric encryption
 the default.  This is done by setting g:GPGPreferSymmetric= '''1'''
-in the script. 
+in the script.
+
+== Generate a new SSL Cert ==
+1) Generate the key (2048 bit)
+{{{
+openssl genrsa -des3 -out silverfilecorp.com.key 2048
+}}}
+
+Specify anything for the key passphrase, ie "silver", it will be removed later.
+
+2) Generate the certificate request for the root authority - i.e. godaddy
+{{{
+openssl req -new -key silverfilecorp.com.key -out silverfilecorp.com.csr
+}}}
+
+3) Remove passphrase from key.  This will enable apache to back online without
+any intervention.  
+{{{
+cp silverfilecorp.com.key silverfilecorp.com.key.encrypted
+openssl rsa -in silverfilecorp.com.key.encrypted -out silverfilecorp.com.key
+}}}
 
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