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Securing Your Online Business

Apache Web Server with OpenSSL, mod_ssl

It is highly recommended that you back up the Private Key for your web server.

It is recommended that the entire /usr/local/apache/conf directory be backed up regularly in compliance with each Company's policies.

At an absolute minimum, storing the following files in a secure location will allow a restore of the original Private Key and Server Certificate in the event of a disaster.

Private Key: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/servername.key
(Remember to store password separately)

Server Certificate: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/servername.crt

Chain Certificate*: /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt

In the event of a disaster, reinstall all components and restore those files to their respective locations. Modify the newly re-installed httpd.conf to reflect the location of those certificates and the server should come back up as expected.


* Only required if the Entrust Chain Certifcate was installed