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:How do I install a certificate that has a certificate chain on an Apache server?

Last Updated:Jun 04, 2021

Overview

This article describes how to install a certificate that has a certificate chain on an Apache server.

Solutions

You can perform the following operations to install a certificate that has a certificate chain on an Apache server.

Check whether your certificate contains a certificate chain

Use a text editor to open the certificate file. If the certificate file contains three pieces of the BEGIN CERTIFICATE information, the certificate has a certificate chain.

Note: For more information about how to install a certificate that is from SSL Certificates Service on an Apache server, see Install SSL certificates on Apache servers.

Extract a certificate chain

  1. Create a mycert_chain.pem text file on the server.
  2. Use a text editor to open the certificate file, copy the second and third pieces of the BEGIN CERTIFICATE information, and then paste the information into the mycert_chain.pem text file to extract the certificate chain.

Configure an Apache server

Configure the Apache configuration file based on the following code:

...
SSLEngine On 
SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/mycert.pem 
SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl.key/mycert.key 
SSLCertificateChainFile conf/ssl.crt/mycert_chain.pem 
...

Application scope

  • SSL Certificates Service