Generating SSL certificates for mod_SSL on Gentoo
December 28th, 2002
I spent a few hours pulling out my hair trying to figure out how to self-sign SSL certificates for use with Apache & mod_SSL on my Gentoo GNU/Linux box. The mod_SSL FAQ describes the process, however, it is not applicable for the default Gentoo configuration of mod_SSL. I couldn’t find sign.sh in order to use my private CA to sign my CSR.
Fortunately some searching of the Gentoo forums found the answer.
/usr/lib/ssl/mod_ssl/gid-mkcert.sh
This script will create the CA certificate, generate a CSR and use the newly created CA certificate to sign the CSR creating a real SSL certificate suitable for use with apache.
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