How to install a valid cert for apache on fedora core 6 from cacert.org

1. Create the server key (in this example RSA 1024 bit):

     openssl genrsa -out host.key 1024

2. Make a certificate out of it (it won’t be signed yet):

     openssl req -new -key host.key -out host.csr

3. Create your CA certificate (will be valid for a year):

     openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -key host.key -out host.crt

Once you get a signed crt, put it in /etc/pki/tls/certs named localhost.crt if you are using the base config located at /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf. You will also need to move your .key file create above to /etc/pki/tls/priviate named localhost.key.

Very easy to do with fedora core.