Installing a StartSSL SSL Certificate with zmcertmgr

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Installing a *Free* StartSSL SSL certificate with zmcertmgr

Use the article as a guide to installing a StartSSL issued SSL certificate with the zmcertmgr tool.

1. Download the ca.pem [1] and sub.class1.server.ca.pem [2] to /tmp/

2. Cat the CA certs to form a single CA certificate chain file

 cat ca.pem sub.class1.server.ca.pem > ca_bundle.crt

3. Place server certificate in /tmp/ssl.crt.

4. Place the private key in /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key

5. Deploy the commercial certificate with zmcertmgr as the root user.

 cd /opt/zimbra/bin
 ./zmcertmgr deploycrt comm /tmp/ssl.crt /tmp/ca_bundle.crt

6.(As Root User) /opt/zimbra/java/bin/keytool -import -alias new -keystore /opt/zimbra/java/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -file /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt

7. Restart the zimbra services

 su zimbra
 zmcontrol stop
 zmcontrol start

See: CLI zmtlsctl to set Web Server Mode to enable or require web secure connections.

Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.x Date Created: 7/21/2010
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Installing_a_StartSSL_SSL_Certificate_with_zmcertmgr Date Modified: 2010-12-15



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