How to Create-Make A Self-Signed SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Gnu/Linux Easy Guide

March 19, 2015 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Making a Self-Signed SSL Certifcate

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Generate Easily a SSL Certificate on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Server/Desktop.

Snake oil is an expression that originally referred to fraudulent health products or unproven medicine but has come to refer to any product with questionable or unverifiable quality or benefit. (Wikipedia).

Creating a SSL Self-Signed Certificate on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid - Featured

A snakeoil Self-Signed Certificate should be already present with his Key in:

/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

But to Really get some Personal SSL Security Best to Create a Fresh One (Healthier Oil:) with:

sudo apt-get install -y ssl-cert

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite

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