So I have a server with an SSL cert.  It requires a passphrase every time I restart.  This is slightly annoying.  So one of my coworkers recommended the following:

  1. create a simple perl script that prints the password
  2. in the ssl.conf file change SSLPassPhraseDialog builtin to SSLPassPhraseDialog exec:/location/to/passphrase.pl
  3. restart apache

It works beautifully.  I am of course writing this down because I will forget what he told me in like 5 minutes.