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Having seen an interesting post over at the ISC about apache’s interpretation of file extensions, I thought I’d have a quick look into what is happening.

Creating SSL certificates fo use in https with apache is a two stage process
First one makes a private key
openssl genrsa -des3 -out <name of your certificate>.key 1024
You will be asked for a passphrase (password) for this key
NOTE: Make sure you keep this key safe, and don’t forget the password

People often get confused as to how Virtual hosts in apache work, here’s an explanation from my understanding…
Firstly each <VirtualHost XXX> entry requires (unless there is only one virtual host) a corresponding NameVirtualHost XXX entry.
The XXX is effectively what IP address and port apache should be listening on for this set of virtual hosts.
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