Monthly Archives: January 2012

Ubuntu 11.10: setting up Apache2 and SSL with self-signed certificate

Create a self-signed certificate: $ make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil –force-overwrite It creates the following files: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem Activate Apache SSL module: $ a2enmod ssl Activate Apache default ssl virtual host: $ a2ensite default-ssl Restart Apache: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart You should now see the following page on your webserver: It works! This is the default web page for this [...]