SSLGenie : Apple Mac OS X Server

Solution

Installing your Certificate on Apple Mac OS X Server

• Log into your server as root.
• If it doesn't already exist on your server, create a folder with this name :
  
  
/etc/httpd/ssl.crt/
• Copy the cert.crt into the folder.

Important : Back up the certificate to a removable disk. It will save time. If there is a server failure you can restore your certificate.

• In Server Admin, click Web and choose Configure Web Service.
• Make sure Enable SSL support is selected for the entire site.
• Click Sites, then select the site where you plan to use the certificate, and click Edit.
• Select Enable Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
• Click Edit Certificate File and paste the text from your certificate file in the text field, then click Save.
• Click Edit Key File and paste the text from your key file (mykey.key, set up earlier) in the text field, then click Save.
• Press tab to move to the phrase field and type the pass phrase from your CSR in the text field, then click OK.
• Set the location of the log file.
• Stop and then start Web service.

Note : Web Performance Cache is not compatible with SSL. You should not enable both Web Performance Cache and SSL for a specific site. Doing so keeps Apache from starting. For more information please view Mac OS X Server 10.2 and Later.