self signed ssl cert installed to nginx

self signed SSL cert

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.nopass
openssl x509 -req -days 1024 -in server.csr -signkey server.key.nopass -out server.crt

This will produce an base64 encoded ascii file (server.crt) that can be used as a .pem file. Use the server.key.nopass as the server key, so you don't have to enter the password on webserver restarts.


vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf -- point to it

/etc/init.d/nginx stop
/etc/init.d/nginx start
/etc/init.d/nginx reload

Finally, make the service start automatically at every reboot.


/sbin/chkconfig nginx on