Installing a private certificate server, Linux version:
Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and change "<VirtualHost _default_:443>"
to "<VirtualHost 192.168.10.200:443>"
[root@dts conf]# cd /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key
[root@dts ssl.key]# openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024
[root@dts ssl.key]# cd ../ssl.crt
[root@dts ssl.crt]# openssl req -new -key ../ssl.key/server.key -x509 -out server.crt
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:New York
Locality Name (eg, city) []:New York
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Grb-internal
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:.
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:192.168.10.200
Email Address []:larnd@grb.xxxxx.org
[root@dts ssl.crt]# service httpd restart
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