Note: This document assumes access to the AMIT definitive software library Private area. If you do not have access to this AFS locker, then you will be able to create SSL certs with these instructions, but not store them in the AMIT library.

Note: RadminD should create the SSL directories and install the CA on the host to be configured.

1. Check that the SSL directories are there, and cd to them.

   ls -l /var/lib/ssl cd /var/lib/ssl

   • If there are not there, create them.

     mkdir /var/lib/ssl mkdir /var/lib/ssl/certs mkdir /var/lib/ssl/private cd /var/lib/ssl

2. Generate rsa key
   • This simply generates some random stuff:

     ps > /tmp/foo ps -elf >> /tmp/foo cd /var/lib/ssl openssl genrsa -rand /tmp/foo 1024 > /var/lib/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem

3. Generate request for a certificate

   cd /var/lib/ssl/ openssl req -key /var/lib/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem -new \ > /var/lib/ssl/certs/`hostname`-req.pem

   #*send the cert request file to mitcert@mit.edu,

   Please be aware, the organization (O) is: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the common name (CN) is the name of the server or service, including the domain name (.mit.edu). Also, some servers, such as Thalia servers, can represent an entire subdomain. These servers will need certificates issued with a wildcard in the domain name, such as *.isda-thalia-1.mit.edu. Remember, if the server is a Thalia server, it will need a wildcard certificate and DNS record for *.`hostname`, and if it is doing any type of authentication, it will need a joint client/server certificate to be able to connect to the Shibboleth server (and have end users connect to it as well).

4. To generate a self signed temporary certificate, add the x509 and nodes options to the openssl command line.

   cd /var/lib/ssl openssl req -key /var/lib/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem -new -x509 -nodes > /var/lib/ssl/certs/`hostname`-temp-cert.pem

5. When you receive a certificate from MIT Certificates, save it as:

   /var/lib/ssl/certs/`hostname`-cert.pem

6. Create the symlinks that will allow Apache to function correctly.

   ln -s /var/lib/ssl/certs/`hostname`-cert.pem /var/lib/ssl/certs/host-cert.pem ln -s /var/lib/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem /var/lib/ssl/private/host-key.pem

   • You can use the self signed cert while waiting for the official one by symlinking it.

     ln -s /var/lib/ssl/certs/`hostname`-temp-cert.pem /var/lib/ssl/certs/host-cert.pem

7. Commands to view cert information:
   • to look at a request:

     openssl req -in /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Private/ssl-certs/${hostname} /host-req.pem \-text

   • to look at the private key:

     openssl rsa -in /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Private/ssl-certs/${hostname}/host-key.pem -text

   • to look at the server certificate:

     openssl x509 -in /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Private/ssl-certs/${hostname}/host-cert.pem -text