Re: Shell Script to automatically start Apache with SSL passphrase?

[Doug Bell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Mike Lyon wrote:

It's another link in the security of that certificate... I'd prefer to keep it. It guarantees continuity from the creation of the CSR until you get the cert back from the CA.

-Mike

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Igor Cicimov <icicimov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Recreate the certificate without passphrase, what do you need it for any way?

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello All,

There has to be an easy answer to this question. When I restart apache, it prompts me to enter in the passphrase for the SSL certs. How can I create a shell script to automatically enter in the passphrase for me when apache starts up at boot-up?

Thank you,
Mike

Perl's Expect module might be able to help you, if you know Perl, but I second the notion to remove the passphrase. You don't need to ask the CA to resign the cert if I'm not mistaken.

# openssl rsa -in www.domain.com.key -out www.domain.com.nopassphrase.key 

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