Configuring Apache for Shibboleth on CentOS to the ukfederation w/ Godaddy certs

Date: 2009.10.27 | Category: certificates, csr, godaddy, janet, key, openssl, shibboleth, ukfederation | Tags:

Part 3. Apache config. (1 hour)

cd /etc/shibboleth
openssl genrsa -des3 -out external.key 2048
openssl req -new -key external.key -out external.csr

The above will create a CSR request for your resource, when asked what the common name is enter something like shib.yourdomain.com - DO NOT use sp.yourdomain.com or the same common name as you used to register your SP!

Edit the CSR and copy its contents into clipboard. Then login to your godaddy hosting account and paste the CSR request into your certificate request.

Godaddy will do their thing then get back to you with a CRT a few files usually within 24 hours.

When they get back to you with the files copy or download them the files to /etc/shibboleth

Rename shib.yourdomain.com.crt to external.crt

Rename gd_bundle.crt to external_int.crt and place it in /etc/shibboleth

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

Replace

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

With

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/shibboleth/external.key

Replace

SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.crt

With

SSLCertificateFile /etc/shibboleth/external.crt

Under SSLCertificateKeyFile paste SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/shibboleth/external_int.crt

Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Replace

UseCanonicalName Off

With

UseCanonicalName On

Find the line beginning with ServerName

Comment it out

Below it type ServerName shib.yourdomain.com:80

/usr/sbin/apachectl restart

/usr/sbin/apachectl start

The above commands will restart Apache or start it if it hasn't already been started

Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables & above all REJECT rules paste:

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 8443 -j ACCEPT

/sbin/service iptables restart

If everything restarts without any errors then:

Continue to the testing phase