GeoTrust will email you your certificate. If the certificate is an attachment (Cert.cer), you can use the file. If the certificate is in the body of the email, copy and paste it into a text file (such as OriginalCert.txt) using vi or Notepad. Do not use Microsoft Word or other word processing programs that may add characters. Confirm that there are no extra lines or spaces in the file. If necessary, move the file to the server machine.
- To follow the naming convention for IBM HTTP Server 1.3, rename the certificate filename with the .crt extension. For example: cert.crt
- Copy your Certificate into the directory that you will be using to hold your certificates. For example: /usr/local/ssl/crt/.
Add the following SSL directives in the Virtual Host settings for your site, in the httpd.conf file:
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/GeoTrust.key
The first directive tells the IBM HTTP Server how to find the Certificate File, the second one where the private key is located, and the third line the location of the intermediate certificate.
apachectl startssl
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