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liv2hak
Asked: 2015-03-24 18:58:01 +0800 CST

Creating a self signed certificate for demonstration purposes on Centos 7 server

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I have setup my default tomcat website (tomcat 8.0.3) on a server inside my company LAN. From my work computer if I try to access the website by typing it into google chrome it is not working.

The IP of the computer on which the Tomcat server is running is 192.1xx.132.125:8080. The IP of my work computer is 192.1xx.129.75.

It is currently accessed as http://192.1xx.132.125:8080. I want to make it an https site for demonstration purposes. How do I create a certificate at the server and make my google chrome browser treat that certificate as a trusted certificate.

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2 Answers

  1. Pretty sure, almost positive that self-signed certificates aren't counted as trusted. It's pretty much the same thing as you signing your own doctorate. It won't be trusted by your colleagues, as it was created by the person it's for.

    However, self-signed certificates are good for things like mail-servers.

    Edit: If you'd like a regular certificate, NameCheap offers SSL certs at a pretty good price.

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  2. You can import the certificate into Chrome to make it trusted.

    The process I use is to:

    • Create a CA using openssl. (I use tinyCA as as GUI.)
    • Create a certificate signed by the CA for my site.
    • Import my CA certificate into clients (browers, email readers, etc.).
    • Install the certificate in the server I wish to use.
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