i've created a self signed CA with DSA using OpenSSL and created a .der file using x509 of openSSL.
I can create user certificate requests, verify them and create user certificates. can create signature and verify them also.
but what to do with the .der file? i can do all the above things with .cert or .pem files. .der supposed to be shown side to the browser address bar. how to install that?
i'm using PHP and Apache.
I think you should read that :
DER vs. CRT vs. CER vs. PEM Certificates and How To Convert Them
i got it. i need to install the .der in my server using config files of apache-openssl.
i've tried that with xampp. initially it worked for the 1st time. i installed the cert files in the browsers. and got the public shown for the page from the address bar.
later when i restarted apache, the whole xampp was crashed and i'was unable to start apache. i needed to re-install xampp and then i'm able to start apache again.
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I have a VPS with Apache2.
I have installed SSL before in my websites, but always form freeSSL or ZeroSSL, they give me 3 files:
Private.key
ca_bundle.crt
certificate.crt
I replace them for the old ones and all is peachy (I configured it once and just replace the files on reactivation).
Now I have issued a year long SSL service from Comodo SSL, and they send me a mail with this information:
"Thank you for placing your order. We are pleased to announce that your PositiveSSL Certificate for * has been issued.
Attached to this email you should find a .zip file containing:
Root CA Certificate - AAACertificateServices.crt
Intermediate CA Certificate - USERTrustRSAAAACA.crt
Intermediate CA Certificate - SectigoRSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt
Your PositiveSSL Certificate - ***.crt
You can also find your PositiveSSL Certificate for ** in text format at the bottom of this email."
And I really have no Idea what to do... I tried Google but can't find any guide, they talk about CSR or other things and I just want to install this and forget about it for a year like I did before for 90 days...
Please help me, I need to have SSL running for my Magento 2 installation to work.
To use a certificate you need the certificate file itself (.crt) AND the key file (.key) ( Extensions may vary but, as you know, on linux it doesn't matter): if you're missing one of these, you're pretty much screwed.
To get a certificate, the following steps are necessary:
a key file needs to be generated
from the key file a CSR is generated
the CSR is signed by a CA (for you it's Comodo) and the result is the certificate file
The key file and the csr can be generate by you (who are requesting the new certificate) or (in this case) by Comodo during the procedure you followed. According to what you wrote, probably, during the procedure you've been asked to provide a key or let them generate one and you picked the 2nd option.
I've never used Comodo so I don't know how their interface works but IMHO you have 2 options: login with your account and look for an area where you can download the certificate and check for the possibility to download the key too OR contact them and ask for support to download the key file.
There is no way to use the certificate file without a key file.
I generated the certificate using an option of my webhosting service (Hostinger) to buy a comodo SSL certificate, as I said the email of Comodo didn't give me the key file BUT, after some hours the comodo ssl service started showing on my webhosting control center and going through some menus I reached a button called "download SSL", that downloaded a ZIP with the same files PLUS the key file. This was very random and nowhere stated, and I found it by coincidence but is solved. Thanks. The other option was to reach Comodo or Hostinger for help.
I'm trying to enable SSL on SOLR with a SAN cert - I ran the keytool.exe to generate the .jks file from the cert file. That process went fine. I copied the .jks file over to the /etc directory, and then I enabled SSL in solr.in.cmd file. Then when I try to access the site, it tell me: "The client and server don't support a common SSL protocol version or cipher suite." Is the issue with the cert, or issue with the way I generated the .jks file? Any help with this would be appreciated.
MORE INFO:
I learned that .cer files only contain the public key, and the private key is on the machine that generated the CSR. However, in this case, the machine that the cert is installed on is probably not the machine that the CSR was generated in. So, given this situation, how do I generate the keystore file to be used in SOLR?
I am about to test web application with JMeter. I have already recorded and parametrized scripts and these seem to be working fine.
Problem is, that one of the requirements is to redirect the traffic through mitmproxy.
I already found solution on how to redirect the traffic to the desired proxy:
How to set proxy for JMeter from behind another proxy?
To manually go through the scenario I am setting manual proxy configuration in my Firefox browser, then navigate to mitm.it and if proxy is enabled I get the client side certificate to download. Once trusted, all traffic goes through this proxy instance.
Problem is that certificate downloaded from here is with .crt extension and this is the only form of authentication - no signatures, no passwords and so on.
I am just wondering how to make this proxy trust JMeter requests?
Adding this certificate to existing keystore will do fine? If so, I could not find unambiguous tutorial on how to extend keystore with the certificate having no password and the key.
Any suggestions?
PS. I tried following http://www.middlewareguru.com/mw/?p=478 - but it states: "The key store must have at the least one x509 certificate and private key" -> problem is that I have only certificate, no private keys and it works perfectly for Firefox, but have no idea how keystore will behave in such scenario (my proxy is down as for now, but I would like to be ready with the approach before it's up and running again).
You need to convert your .crt file into .p12 file which JMeter can "understand" using i.e. OpenSSL like:
openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.crt -inkey inkey.key -out certificate.p12
Once done you can add the following line to system.properties file (located in "bin" folder of your JMeter installation)
javax.net.ssl.keyStore=/path/to/certificate.p12
Restart JMeter to pick the change up
You can also use SSL Manager instead of steps 2 and 3 but using system properties is way more convenient.
References:
The Most Common OpenSSL Commands
How to Set Your JMeter Load Test to Use Client Side Certificates
I got one certificate from the service provider ( We need to consume the service from server for single sign on)
certificate is p7b format certificate.
Dont know how to install it on apache. Can anyone help to install certificate.
I got allready one certificate on apache, that is crt certificate.
p7b file contains one or several certificates (which supposedly make a certificate chain in your case) without private keys. There's no need to install them on your server - these certificates are used to check the server's authenticity when you connect to it as a client. This is unrelated to your apache.
I am trying to move a website into Azure (Azure Website). I have everything moved, except the ssl isn't working. The error that comes up says
You attempted to reach [subdomain].[domain].com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.azurewebsites.net ...
I think it may have something to do with my certificate. The cert is a UCC cert (multiple SAN) through GoDaddy. I did not rekey the cert when I moved the site from the old server to the Azure Website. The old server was managed using Parallels. Here is what I did to move the cert:
I logged into Parallels on the old server. I opened the SSL screen, where I could see the 4 parts of the cert (csr, private key, certificate, CA certificate). I copied the text for each of those (including the ---Begin Certificate--- and ---End Certificate--- lines. EDIT: the private key began with ---Begin RSA Private Key--- and ended with ---End RSA Private key), and I pasted the data to create 4 .txt files. I then renamed the txt files so that I had 4 files named CAcertificate.cer, certificate.cer, privateKey.pem, and cert.cer. They were all saved in the c:\ directory (root).
I then pulled up OpenSSL and ran the following command:
pkcs12 -export -in c:\certificate.cer -inkey c:\privateKey.pem -out c:\certificate.pfx -certfile c:\CAcertificate.cer
I entered a password twice, and out popped a certificate.pfx file.
I uploaded that file to my Azure Website. The UCC Cert applies to 4 subdomains. I have my Azure Website set up with only one of those subdomains as a domain name. After uploading the file, I went to SSL Binding, and chose that subdomain, matched it with the cert I just uploaded, and chose "SNI SSL." I saved it, and all looked good.
Unfortunately, when I browse to the subdomain, I get the error I listed at the beginning.
I have a CName set up to forward from that subdomain to the Azure Website. I also have an A record set up to point from that subdomain to the IP Address of the Azure Website. The site is pulling up as I would expect, except for the ssl certificate error.
Did I generate the .pfx file incorrectly? Is there something I need to change in Azure or my domain registrar? I noticed that I could download a .pem file from the parallels panel. It contained all 4 parts of the cert in one file. I didn't know what I could do with that.
A missing root or intermediate certification authority can cause this behavior as documented in this article (written by a Microsoft MVP).
This answer shows how to export the full certificate chain including the private key using OpenSSL for Windows.
If the certificate is already installed in your local Windows machine you can follow this guide and be sure to select
Yes, export the private key and
Include all certificates in the certification path if possible.
This will create a .pfx file containing your certificate, its private key as well as all intermediate and root CAs.