Installing Drupal: Step 3 - Install & Configure SSL

by Al Porotesano

I have this post in mind for those of us in the homeless app project using drupal. The first two steps are linked in the table of contents aka steps:

We’ll need SSL to ensure secure access to Drupal. Let’s do so with these simple steps:

You’ll need to be a superuser. If you forgot:

$ 	sudo su

1. Create a new SSL folder in the Apache configuration directory. This will allow storage of the SSL certificate we’re going to create in steps 2 & 3:

$ 	cd /etc/apache2/
$ 	mkdir ssl
$ 	cd ssl/

1. Create a self-signed certificate:

$ 	openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/drupalssl.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/drupalssl.crt

1. Change the permission of the certificate file:

$ 	chmod 600 *

Achievement Unlocked: You created an SSL Certificate file for securing Drupal.

Step 4: Configure the Apache VirtualHost

• Al