Error while configuring SSL on apache

deepak_message · 01-31-2011, 08:14 AM

WHen trying to signed the CSR to create the web server certificate getting below error, please help me.

Thanks in Advance :-)

$ ca -in apachekey.csr -out apachecert.pem
Using configuration from /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf
Error opening CA private key ./demoCA/private/cakey.pem
7429:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:259:fopen('./demoCA/private/cakey.pem','r')
7429:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:261:
unable to load CA private key

Thanks,

bathory · 01-31-2011, 08:37 AM

Hi,

You don't need a CA (Certificate Authority) for this. You can do it directly by following the instructions here

Regards