Install 3rd party SSL in aws ec2 linux using ssh

To install a third-party SSL certificate on an AWS EC2 Linux instance using SSH, you can follow these steps:

1. Connect to your EC2 instance using SSH: Open your terminal and run the following command:

ssh -i path/to/your/key.pem ec2-user@your-ec2-instance-public-ip

Replace path/to/your/key.pem with the path to your private key file, and your-ec2-instance-public-ip with the public IP address of your EC2 instance.

2. Upload the SSL certificate files: Upload the SSL certificate files (certificate, private key, and CA bundle) to your EC2 instance. You can use SCP or SFTP to transfer the files. For example:

scp -i path/to/your/key.pem your-certificate.crt ec2-user@your-ec2-instance-public-ip:/home/ec2-user/

scp -i path/to/your/key.pem your-private-key.key ec2-user@your-ec2-instance-public-ip:/home/ec2-user/

scp -i path/to/your/key.pem your-ca-bundle.crt ec2-user@your-ec2-instance-public-ip:/home/ec2-user/

3. Move the SSL certificate files to the correct directory: Move the SSL certificate files to the appropriate directory on your EC2 instance. For example, if you're using Apache, move the files to the /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ and /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/ directories:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/

sudo mkdir -p /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/

sudo mv /home/ec2-user/your-certificate.crt /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/

sudo mv /home/ec2-user/your-private-key.key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/

sudo mv /home/ec2-user/your-ca-bundle.crt /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/

4. Configure Apache to use SSL: Edit the Apache configuration file to enable SSL. You can use the nano editor or any other editor of your choice. For example:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName your-domain-name.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/your-certificate.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/your-private-key.key

SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/your-ca-bundle.crt

</VirtualHost>

Replace your-domain-name.com with your actual domain name, and your-certificate.crt, your-private-key.key, and your-ca-bundle.crt with the actual filenames of your SSL certificate files.

5. Test your SSL configuration: To test your SSL configuration, run the following command:

sudo apachectl configtest

If there are no errors, restart Apache by running:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

That's it! Your EC2 instance should now have SSL enabled using a third-party SSL certificate. You can verify this by visiting your website using https:// instead of http://.