SSL on Debian 10 Apache2 Rumi, December 16, 2021 Assuming you have an SSL certificate already downloaded and available on the server. root@www:~#nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf # line 3: change admin email ServerAdminwebmaster@srv.world # line 32,33: change to the certs gotten in section [1] SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.srv.world/cert.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/www.srv.world/privkey.pem # line 42: uncomment and change to the chain-file gotten in section SSLCertificateChainFile… Continue Reading
Install a Sectigo Domain Validation SSL certificate in Zimbra Rumi, December 16, 2021 We usually get the below four files from Sectigo in the certificate bundle. The file name may vary depending on the certificate type yourdomain.com.crt – main certificate AAACertificateServices.crt – Root Certificate USERTrustRSAAAACA.crt – Intermediate Certificate – 1 SectigoRSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt – Intermediate Certificate – 2 Step 1: We shall create two files as… Continue Reading
Sectigo SSL certificate installation on Zimbra Rumi, March 30, 2021 1. Login to your Zimbra Admin Console using a browser. 2. In the left navigation pane under Home click Configure. Click Certificate. 3. On the right of the Zimbra Admin console click on the settings icon and select Install Certificate. 4. The Certificate Installation Wizard will pop up. 5. Under… Continue Reading
Enable and install SSL on Debian 8 apache server Rumi, February 29, 2020 Configure Apache2 for SSL. root@www:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf # line 3: change to webmaster’s email ServerAdmin webmaster@srv.world # line 32,33: change to the one created in [1] SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/private/server.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.key root@www:~# a2ensite default-ssl Enabling site default-ssl. Continue Reading
Installing a Comodo SSL on Zimbra using CLI Rumi, April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 1. Get the bundle from Comodo in crt format, or sometimes like a zip file. 2. Place the bundle on your Zimbra mailbox server. You should receive, or download, the next files: AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt my_domain_com.crt or since comodo is acquired by Sectigo, the updated zip might appear as below: Continue Reading
Configure Apache With Self-Signed TLS/SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 16.04 Rumi, February 10, 2019 Step 1: Generating the certificate First, let’s create a place to store the file. mkdir ~/certificates cd ~/certificates Generate CSR and private key. openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout apache.key -out apache.crt -days 365 -nodes It will ask for information for the certificate request. Complete with the appropriate information. Country… Continue Reading
Set Up Nginx Load Balancing with SSL Termination Rumi, March 23, 2018 Nginx can be configured as a load balancer to distribute incoming traffic around several backend servers. SSL termination is the process that occurs on the load balancer which handles the SSL encryption/decryption so that traffic between the load balancer and backend servers is in HTTP. The backends must be secured… Continue Reading
The SSL/TLS Handshake: an Overview Rumi, March 6, 2018 Obligatory SSL/TLS Handshake Graphic All SSL/TLS-related sites have their own version of a handshake diagram – here’s ours! (Click to enbiggen.) Let’s Clear Up Some Confusion, If We Can Some confusion about how SSL/TLS handshakes work is due to the handshake being only the prelude to the actual, secured session itself. Let’s try to… Continue Reading
Let’s Encrypt service with Pound server Rumi, February 5, 2018 In order to install Certbot on your server, follow the next steps: (make sure you have “git” installed on your system) $sudo apt-get install git (if not previously installed) $cd /opt $sudo git clone https://github.com/certbot/certbot Running the above commands will download the Certbot latest release from their git repo in… Continue Reading
How to setup vsftpd FTP with SSL on Ubuntu 12.04 Rumi, December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 This tutorial teaches you, how to setup vsftpd server on Linux based dedicated Web server. The tutorial also teaches you how to add the ftp users and lock the directory to individual users(In this scenario,lock the users into their individual web directory). In Ubuntu 12.04, vsftpd with chrooted users gives the following… Continue Reading