Apache + ModSSL + OpenSSL Installation

You will receive an email from DynDNS letting you know that your order is complete. You will be able to proceed to your DynDNS Account to obtain your certificate.

Copy the certificate and paste it into a text editor (such as notepad) to create text files.

SSL Certificate Installation

Note: The examples below use the following naming conventions: "Your Private Key" = "domainname.key"; "Your Web Server Certificate" = "domainname.crt"

  1. Copy the certificate to the Apache server directory in which you plan to store your certificates (by default: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ or /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/).

    Note: Copy the entire contents of the certificate from (and including) the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- lines.


  2. Open the httpd.conf file in a text editor.


  3. Locate the secure virtual host pertaining to your order. You should have the following directives within this virtual host. Please add them if they are not present:

    SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/domainname.crt (or server.crt)
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/domainname.key     (or server.key)

  4. Save the changes and exit the editor.


  5. Start or Restart your apache web server using one of the following commands:
    By default:
    /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl
    or
    /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart

    Other commands:
    /usr/sbin/httpd startssl or restart
    /usr/sbin/httpsd startssl or restart