Translations:Configuring Apache to use SSL/4/en

1. Activate SSL Module
   Once Apache has been installed (see Installing Apache) the SSL module must be enabled with

   [name@server ~]$ sudo a2enmod ssl
   [name@server ~]$ sudo service apache2 restart
   

2. Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate
   

   [name@server ~]$  sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/server.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
   

   If you are asked for a pass phrase this likely means you missed the -node option: please reissue the command checking it carefully against the above. This command will ask you a series of questions. Below is a list of the questions with example responses: