LetsEncrypt Windows

LetsEncrypt provide Free SSL with 90 day validity. You need to renew it every 90 days, there are software to do this. For windows some of the popular software are. win-acme This is a small exe file, it have command line interface (No GUI). You need to run this program ad Administrator (Run as Administrator), … Read more

Convert SSL certificate into PFX format

To convert SSL certficiate into PFX format, run openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey private-key.key -in certificate.crt -certfile ca-certificate.crt Example for SSL from namecheap/ssls openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey serverok_in_key.txt -in serverok.in/serverok.in.crt -certfile serverok.in/serverok.in.ca-bundle

Purchase SSL

Here are some cheap SSL providers https://www.sslforfree.com/ https://zerossl.com https://www.ssls.com/ https://www.gogetssl.com https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/comodo/ See SSL

ssl checker

Here is few web sites where you can check your SSL certificate is installed properly. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ https://cryptoreport.websecurity.symantec.com/checker/ https://sslanalyzer.comodoca.com/ See SSL

Enable SSL in Magento 1.9

To enable SSL in Magento, go to System > Configuration Click on “Web” link on left menu. On this page, set Auto-redirect to Base URL to No. Under “Unsecure” option, change the URL to use HTTPS. Under “Secure” option, set “https” for Base URL. Set “Yes” for both “Use Secure URLs in Frontend” and “Use … Read more

Convert PFX SSL Certificate

Mcrosoft Azure App Certificate is used to secure Azure App Services, now they allow export of this SSL certificate in PFX format, so it can be used in other services like Azure VM or third party applications. You need to use a powershell script provided by Microsoft to do the Export. To use the SSL … Read more

Generate CSR using OpenSSL

Info needed for Certificate Signing Request (CSR) generation Generate CSR Here is oneliner For normal SSL, enter the domain without www. For wildcard use *.domain.com For multi-domain (SAN), enter domains separated by space. For Namecheap SAN SSL., enter the main domain only, secondary domains can be added in the Namecheap website. Example OpenSSL CSR Wizard … Read more

self signed ssl

To generate self signed SSL certificate, run Or Or Add Self Signed SSL to Apache Virtual Host Let’s say your Apache virtual host entry is Create a new VirtualHost entry based on this, say yourdomain-ssl.conf, in this new file Find Replace with Find line starting with Add Below Now restart Apache How to access the … Read more