Ideas.... » SSL http://rosalynmetz.com/ideas a blog for me to record thoughts and ideas Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Apache, SSL, and Annoying Password on Restart http://rosalynmetz.com/ideas/2009/06/26/apache-ssl-and-annoying-password-on-restart/ http://rosalynmetz.com/ideas/2009/06/26/apache-ssl-and-annoying-password-on-restart/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:06:36 +0000 Rosalyn Metz http://rosalynmetz.com/ideas/?p=651 Continue reading →]]> 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.

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