Question about how to get openssl to work with Apache - apache

Question

So I need to create a self signed certificate for a web page I am making with Apache. I have looked up and followed different sets of instructions but I am missing something. I am a student and have never used ssl or apache. Apache is installed, the localhost page is up and showing the content of the html docs I've edited. OpenSSL is installed. So it's probably me missing something. I keep getting messages like this
C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin>openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 genrsa: Can't
open "server.key" for writing, Permission denied
C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin>openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout
mysitename.key -out mysitename.crt
Generating a RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'mysitename.key'
req: Can't open "mysitename.key" for writing, Permission denied
any suggestions?

Answer 1

You are missing private key creation.
1 Private key creation
openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048
result
$ cat server.key
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEowIBAAKCAQEAr2E2AUJ+TbptdBVMxYHmUzRpOflP69SX03NyuKh75XIO4tp6
...
Fhe+gzT7QD7Dg9SdP45eQWy5jtDYu4HIcy/ha0sikBi9+8pSs6qo
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2 Certification Signing Request creation with #1's private key
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
common needs localhost other options are default or your.
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:localhost
result
$ cat server.csr
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
MIICijCCAXICAQAwRTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQVUxEzARBgNVBAgMClNvbWUtU3RhdGUx
...
sDS9gxYfks/7zxvtBzOWR3ZZzjlenpyqqu4aYZyb
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
3 Certification creation
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
result
$ cat server.crt
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDOTCCAiECFB0jWF04/GTmwfh8Ph1Zqeulb0IuMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMFkx
...
nrp0uU09oePMMMEn5g==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
4 local server code by python (file name is server.py)
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import ssl
class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
self.send_response(200)
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(b'Hello, world!')
httpd = HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket,
keyfile="./server.key",
certfile='./server.crt', server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()
5 local server test
python server.py