How can I convert a PFX certificate file for use with Apache on a linux server?
With OpenSSL you can convert pfx to Apache compatible format with next commands:
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out domain.cer
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -nocerts -nodes -out domain.key
First command extracts public key to domain.cer
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Second command extracts private key to domain.key
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Update your Apache configuration file with:
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1:443>
...
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/domain.cer
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/domain.key
...
</VirtualHost>
Additionally to
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out domain.cer
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -nocerts -nodes -out domain.key
I also generated Certificate Authority (CA) certificate:
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -out domain-ca.crt -nodes -nokeys -cacerts
And included it in Apache config file:
<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1:443>
...
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/domain.cer
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/domain.key
SSLCACertificateFile /path/to/domain-ca.crt
...
</VirtualHost>
To get it to work with Apache, we needed one extra step.
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out domain.cer
openssl pkcs12 -in domain.pfx -nocerts -nodes -out domain_encrypted.key
openssl rsa -in domain_encrypted.key -out domain.key
The final command decrypts the key for use with Apache. The domain.key file should look like this:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MjQxODIwNTFaMIG0MRQwEgYDVQQKEwtFbnRydXN0Lm5ldDFAMD4GA1UECxQ3d3d3
LmVudHJ1c3QubmV0L0NQU18yMDQ4IGluY29ycC4gYnkgcmVmLiAobGltaXRzIGxp
YWIuKTElMCMGA1UECxMcKGMpIDE5OTkgRW50cnVzdC5uZXQgTGltaXRlZDEzMDEG
A1UEAxMqRW50cnVzdC5uZXQgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGlvbiBBdXRob3JpdHkgKDIwNDgp
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEArU1LqRKGsuqjIAcVFmQq
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Took some tooling around but this is what I ended up with.
Generated and installed a certificate on IIS7. Exported as PFX from IIS
Convert to pkcs12
openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.pfx -out certificate.cer -nodes
NOTE: While converting PFX to PEM format, openssl will put all the Certificates and Private Key into a single file. You will need to open the file in Text editor and copy each Certificate & Private key(including the BEGIN/END statements) to its own individual text file and save them as certificate.cer, CAcert.cer, privateKey.key respectively.
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
Saved as certificate.key
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
Saved as certificate.crt
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Added to apache vhost w/ Webmin.