Attach SSL certificate of domain on apache server ubuntu

Attach SSL certificate of domain on apache server ubuntu

Follow these instructions to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for your Apache Web server. When you have completed generating your CSR, cut/copy and paste it into the CSR field on the SSL certificate-request page.

To Generate a Certificate Signing Request for Apache 2.x

  1. Log in to your server’s terminal (SSH).
  2. At the prompt, type the following command: openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout yourdomain.key -out yourdomain.csr  Note: Replace yourdomainwith the domain name you’re securing. For example, if your domain name is coolexample.com, you would type coolexample.key and coolexample.csr.
  3. Enter the requested information:
    • Common Name: The fully-qualified domain name, or URL, you’re securing.
      If you are requesting a Wildcard certificate, add an asterisk (*) to the left of the common name where you want the wildcard, for example *.coolexample.com.
    • Organization: The legally-registered name for your business. If you are enrolling as an individual, enter the certificate requestor’s name.
    • Organization Unit: If applicable, enter the DBA (doing business as) name.
    • City or Locality: Name of the city where your organization is registered/located. Do not abbreviate.
    • State or Province: Name of the state or province where your organization is located. Do not abbreviate.
    • Country: The two-letter International Organization for Standardization (ISO) format country code for where your organization is legally registered.  Note: If you do not want to enter a password for this SSL, you can leave the Passphrase field blank. However, please understand there might be additional risks.
  4. Open the CSR in a text editor and copy all of the text.
  5. Paste the full CSR into the SSL enrollment form in your account.

After That

  1. Goto ssl certificate in your Godaddy Account
  2. Create New Certificate
    1. Paste your CSR text into CSR text box in your account
    2. Accept and Confirm
  3. if Your certificate is already generated for prev domain or server
    1. Select Re-Key
    2. Paste your CSR text into CSR text box in your account
    3. Accept and Confirm
  4. After waiting few minutes
  5. Download Generated file
  6. Save it on your server
  7. Goto /etc/apache2/sites-available/
  8. open file with sudo in nano editor file name –  default-ssl.conf
  9. type these two lines into this file
  10. SSLCertificateFile /var/www/html/cert/a64995d1bdfa903a.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/www/html/cert/authorizedtech.pro.key
  11. as per your crt and key file path

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