How to installed Trusted SSL Certificate?

[chsmith700]

Hello,

The time has come that I need a trusted SSL certificate. Basically I dont want any exceptions, or validations on my customers browser. Want them to be able to go into their secure page and buy products.

So, I was thinking about getting the Godaddy SSL certificate, is there a how to on installing this onto a Ubuntu server?

[xTourniquet]

I'm trying to tackle this as well. I found a decent write up that may help you.

Creating a Ubuntu CSR for Go Daddy
http://www.mygeekproject.com/?p=8



I had to get a SSL certificate for a web site of mine yesterday. I decided to get another SSL certificate from GoDaddy. Here are my notes for getting the certificate.

I went ahead and created a folder to make all of my work in so that I could zip it up later or have the Rsync server grab it and save it in the main infrastructure.


mkdir /root/certificate_godaddy
This will generate the randomized string create the csr.


openssl genrsa -out domain_name.key 1024
This will create the CSR for GoDaddy which will you will need to copy and paste into their site. If you are going to be requesting a Wild Card SSL make sure that the NAME is *.domain_name.com


openssl req -new -key domain_name.key -out domain_name.csr
Now log into the GoDaddy site and paste the contents from the above CSR into their site. When you get the email back I suggest putting the 2 files they give you in the same location as you created the above. You will most likely have the following files.

domain_name.com.crt
gd_bundle.crt

With those files you will need to setup the SSL virtual host like the below:


<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName subdomain.domain_name.com
ServerAdmin user@domain.com
DocumentRoot "/home/user/vhosts/site_down"
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/secure_domain_name_error.log
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile "/home/user/csr/_.domain_name.com.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/home/user/csr/domain_name.com.key"
SSLCertificateChainFile "/home/user/csr/gd_bundle.crt"
</IfModule>
.. The rest of your config file
</VirtualHost>

From here you should have no problems with the GoDaddy certificate. Hope this helps everyone.