How to Install a brought SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 16.04 Apache Server

Here are the terminal commands and steps to install a brought SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 16.04 Apache server (not LetsEncrypt).

sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl/private
sudo chmod 755 /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo chmod 710 /etc/apache2/ssl/private
sudo chown -R root:root /etc/apache2/ssl/
sudo chown -R root:ssl-cert /etc/apache2/ssl/private/

Now, place your SSL public certificate(s) in /etc/apache2/ssl and your SSL private key(s) in /etc/apache2/ssl/private

sudo chmod 644 /etc/apache2/ssl/*.crtsudo chmod 640 /etc/apache2/ssl/private/*.key

In /etc/apache2/sites-available update the file paths for SSLCertificateFile, SSLCertificateKeyFile, and SSLCertificateChainFile.

sudo a2enmod sslservice apache2 restart

Useful Resources:

• https://serverfault.com/questions/259302/best-location-for-ssl-certificate-and-private-keys-on-ubuntu
• https://www.digicert.com/csr-ssl-installation/ubuntu-server-with-apache2-openssl.htm

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