You will get the following output to the Terminal: CA certificate filename (or enter to create)Making CA certificate. $ /System/Library/OpenSSL/misc/CA.pl -newcaThis runs the CA.pl script that is part of the system to create a new Certificate Authority in the certs directory. Open up Terminal and enter the following commands (don't type the $, that's the prompt): $ cd ~/DocumentsThis changes to your Documents folder in your Home directory next, enter: $ mkdir certsThis create a new directory called certs you can name to whatever makes sense to you, although non-spaced names are best. Read the rest of the hint for the detailed walkthrough. I have not gone through and fine-combed my steps for locking things down, and in no way should this be construed to be a final solution for creating a completely secure webserver. Generating a Web Server Certificate Requestĭisclaimer: These are the basic steps necessary to get up and running additional work should be done to check file/directory permissions on your certificates, etc.Dynamic DNS hostname (I'm using a fictitious for tutorial purposes substitute as needed).Basic familiarity with Terminal and use of sudo.

Not finding one, I decided to create my own. I looked for an easy-to-understand walkthrough which could get me up and running in a matter of minutes. In the interest of better data security when sharing data from my home computer, I thought it would be a good idea to enable a secure HTTPS connection from my visitors.

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