Question about how to get openssl to work with Apache

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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
..........................+++++
...................................+++++
writing new private key to 'mysitename.key'
req: Can't open "mysitename.key" for writing, Permission denied

any suggestions?

Bench Vue · Answer

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

Question about how to get openssl to work with Apache

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