Apache

Some notes about stuff I kept googling.

SSL

Need key and cert? As root:

servername=example.org  # <-- this is a usage example ;)
servername=
prefix=/srv/certs
mkdir -p $prefix
keyfile_path=$prefix/$servername.key
signing_request_path=$prefix/$servername.csr
cert_path=$prefix/$servername.crt
# create the private key
openssl genrsa -out $keyfile_path 1024
# create a signing request (if you don't care, press enter 9 times)
# for wildcard certificates (e.g. *.domain.com), set Common Name accordingly
openssl req -new\
    -key $keyfile_path\
    -out $signing_request_path
# create a self-signed certificate
openssl x509\
    -in $signing_request_path\
    -out $cert_path\
    -req -signkey $keyfile_path\
    -days 65500
# let's see those files
echo $prefix && ls $prefix

Example config:

document_root=
basic_auth_file=
echo "<VirtualHost $servername:443>
    ServerName $servername
    DocumentRoot $document_root

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateKeyFile $keyfile_path
    SSLCertificateFile $cert_path

    <Directory \"$document_root\">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride none
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName $(basename $document_root)
        AuthUserFile $basic_auth_file
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>"

Sources

http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/apache-mod_ssl.jspx