Goal: Use the certificate file you created to set up HTTPS on your web server.

Setting up Certificate and Key on web server

On your CentOS Web Server - make sure to copy the files into the following locations:

• Web Server certificate: /etc/pki/tls/certs
• Web server private key: /etc/pki/tls/private

Install mod-ssl for Apache

yum -y install mod_ssl

Update /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

• Find SSLCertificateFile and make sure the path and filename match your certificate file
• Find SSLCertificateKeyFile and make sure the path and filename match your key file
• Save file

Update firewall to allow port 443 - reload firewall

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=443/tcp
sudo systemctl reload firewalld
sudo systemctl reload httpd

Browse to your server using HTTPS - You should have success

• Must be using port 80 for this to work