/usr/bin/openssl genrsa -des3 1024 > /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key
/usr/bin/openssl req -new -key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key -x509 -days 365 -out /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
Another way
# genkey --days 365 www.sharedmemory.net
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 # [enter your passphrase, a simple password we will remove soon] openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr # [you can accept all the defaults, it does not matter, or customize it to your liking] openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt # [will ask for passphrase] cp server.key server.key.bak openssl rsa -in server.key.bak -out server.key # [passphrase needs to be typed] sudo cp server.crt /opt/local/apache2/conf/ sudo cp server.key /opt/local/apache2/conf/