How to Signing your own SSL certificates

[Michael Graham]

> so after i'm done with making the "cert.pem" file what should i do with
> it so i could get it working with apache...?

Look at your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file. Towards the very end of 
the file there is a <Virtualhost :443> section. Within there you'll see 
where the default install stores the .crt and .key files. Just copy 
them there, make sure the names and correct directory are in you 
httpd.conf file. Then, restart httpd /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart. If 
you have set it up to request a password (openssl will prompt you when 
creating the crt) it will ask for it when you start or restart httpd. 
That should be it.

Michael