In-Common SSL Cert Installation on Apache 2.2

first create the CSR and the KEY files by running the following:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr
where server is the name of your server

submit the .CSR file to the request from the UCLA NOC

once receiving the email from NOC ope the link that says “X509 Certificate only, Base64 encoded”, rename it to .CRT

now in the conf file add the following:

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/certs/server_ucla_edu.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/certs/server_ucla_edu.key

those settings are the basic and may require more directives options.