Install a X.509 Certificate from a Certificate Signing Request

Install a X.509 Certificate from a Certificate Signing Request

Generate a Certificate Signing Request

  1. Log in Nodegrid as root:

    1. ssh root@<Nodegrid_IP>

  2. Change directory to /etc/CA:

    1. cd /etc/CA

  3. Create a RSA key:

    1. openssl genrsa -out key.pem.new 2048

  4. Create a Certificate Signing Request:

    1. openssl req -new -sha256 -key key.pem.new -out csr.pem

  5. Make sure the files have the right permissions:

    1. chmod 0640 *.new

  6. Sign the Certificate Signing Request:

    1. Send the Certificate Signing Request domain.csr to a Certificate Authority to be signed.

    2. The Certificate Authority will sign the CSR and send you a certificate in PEM format.


Install the Signed Certificate

  1. Copy the signed certificate received from the Certificate Authority to Nodegrid:

    1. scp <certificate> root@<Nodegrid_IP>:/etc/CA/cert.pem.new

  2. Log in Nodegrid as root:

    1. ssh root@<Nodegrid_IP>

  3. Change directory to /etc/CA:

    1. cd /etc/CA

  4. Back up the original key and certificate:

    1. cp key.pem key.pem.old

    2. cp cert.pem cert.pem.old

    3. cp key_cert.pem key_cert.pem.old

  5. Install the new key and certificate:

    1. mv key.pem.new key.pem

    2. mv cert.pem.new cert.pem

    3. cat key.pem cert.pem > key_cert.pem

  6. Make sure the files have the right permissions:

    1. chmod 0640 key_cert.pem

    2. chmod 0644 cert.pem

  7. Restart apache

    1. apachectl graceful


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