{"id":757,"date":"2014-12-22T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/blog\/?p=757"},"modified":"2022-04-22T01:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:39:34","slug":"install-ssl-certificate-apache-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/blog\/install-ssl-certificate-apache-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install SSL Certificate on Apache CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

SSL Certificate Installation Guide on Apache CentOS<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s an easy and quick guide to get your SSL certificate in just a few seconds on Apache CentOS.<\/p>\n

First Step<\/strong>: Once you receive your issued certificate from the Certificate Authority (CA) you have chosen, you are ready to install it to your server. Download the required files including your \u201cLeaf Certificate\u201d (the primary certificate issued to your domain) and the Intermediate Certificates..<\/p>\n

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Step Two<\/strong>: Copy the Leaf(Primary) and Intermediate Certificate files to your Apache Server. You should also have your key file on the server, which was created along with the generation of the Certificate Signing Request(CSR).<\/p>\n

Step Three<\/strong>: You need to find your httpd.conf or ssl.conf file, whichever is present in your Apache configuration. This file controls the configuration of your SSL.<\/p>\n

You will want to use the \u201ccp\u201d and \u201cnano\u201d commands to edit these files.<\/p>\n

# cp \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/ssl.conf \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/ssl.conf.BAK <\/strong>\n# nano \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/ssl.conf<\/strong>\n<\/pre>\n
(if your files are in a different location, please adjust the file path).<\/p>\n
Step Four<\/strong>: Now that you are editing the httpd.conf\/ssl.conf file, look for the following directives. If they are commented out, indicated by a \u201c#\u201d starting the line, please remove the \u201c#\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
For Apache Version <2.4.8<\/td>\nFor Apache Version 2.4.8 or higher<\/td>\nEnter the following path<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SSLCertificateFile
\nSSLCertificateKeyFile
\nSSLCertificateChainFile<\/td>\n		SSLCertificateFile
\nSSLCertificateKeyFile
\nSSLCACertificatePath<\/td>\n		Certificate File Path
\nCertificate Private Key File Path
\nIntermediate Bundle Path<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
After each of these lines, you should add the absolute file path of your certificates. An example is below:<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateFile \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/ssl.crt\/your_leaf_certificate.crt \nSSLCertificateKeyFile \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/ssl.key\/your_domain_name.key \nSSLCACertificatePath \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/ssl.chain\/your_intermediate_chain.crt\n<\/pre>\n
Also, make sure that you have changed the permission of the certificate key file;<\/p>\n
# chmod 400 \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/ssl.key\/your_domain_name.com.key<\/strong>\n<\/pre>\n
Step Five<\/strong>: Save your configuration of Apache and Restart!<\/p>\n
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