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SSL

struggling with the procedure to make https connection available for the domain emediajp, running apache on my home server (Ubuntu9.04 server).

> sudo su
> mkdir -p /etc/ssl/private
> openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr
root@yarrow:/etc/ssl/private# sudo openssl req -
out server.key -out server.csrey 
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'server.key'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:JP
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Yamagata
Locality Name (eg, city) []:Yamagata-shi
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:YUI
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:RD
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:*.emedia.jp
Email Address []:admin@emedia.jp

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:

make sure to specify the name as *.emedia.jp for subdomains.

Access to http://www.cacert.org/, create an account, login, register email, register domain *.emedia.jp. Click Server Certificates, and paste all of the lines of server.csr in the textarea.

Set permission

> chown root:ssl-certs server.*
> chmod 400 server.key
> chmod 440 server.csr
> chmod 444 server.crt

Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.

SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/private/server.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/ssl/private/server.key

Enable it

> a2ensite default-ssl
>/etc/init.d/apache restart

Access to https://192.168.1.81/ from a PC over LAN. Success!