generating SSL keys and Certificate Signing Requests for Heroku / Nginx / RapidSSL

1-make-key

Key was generated using:

	tom% openssl genrsa -des3 -out example.com.key 2048
	Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus
	....+++
	..........................................................................................................................+++
	e is 65537 (0x10001)
	Enter pass phrase for example.com.key:
	Verifying - Enter pass phrase for example.com.key:
	%tom

2-make-csr

CSR was generated using:

	tom% openssl req -new -key example.com.key -out example.com.csr 
	Enter pass phrase for example.com.key:
	You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
	into your certificate request.
	What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
	There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
	For some fields there will be a default value,
	If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
	-----
	Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
	State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:California
	Locality Name (eg, city) []:San Francisco
	Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Example Company, Inc 
	Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:
	Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:example.com
	Email Address []:

	Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
	to be sent with your certificate request
	A challenge password []:
	An optional company name []:
	tom%

CSR was pasted into RapidSSL form, phone tag and credit card transaction occurred, and example.com.crt and intermediate.crt were received by email from RapidSSL (after a short delay).

3-unlock

Key was unlocked using:

	tom% openssl rsa -in example.com.key -out example.com.unlocked.key
	Enter pass phrase for example.com.key:
	writing RSA key
	tom% 

4-combine

PEM was generated using:

	tom% cat example.com.crt intermediate.crt > example.com.pem
	tom% 

5-upload

Cert was uploaded to heroku using:

	tom% heroku ssl:add example.com.pem example.com.unlocked.key --app example-app
	Added certificate to example.com, expiring in 2012/09/16 15:29:34 -0700
	tom% 

6-activate

SSL was activated for our app using:

	tom% heroku addons:add ssl:hostname --app example-app
	-----> Adding ssl:hostname to example-app... done, v44 ($20/mo)
	tom% 

And then the CNAME DNS was updated using the new alias that arrived by email.

Great guide, but could you update step #5 to be

$ heroku certs:add server.crt server.key

Also, step #6 should really be before #5 now.

$ heroku addons:add ssl
$ heroku domains:add www.mydomain.com

As per this guide - https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl-endpoint#upload-certificates

Please keep these gists online. Very helpful!