please try this mini howto (for 1.9, names is 1.8 are a little bit changed):
Create a new Self signed SSL Certificate and place it in the right place (create info http://www.verisign.com/support/tlc/csr/ssleay/v01.html) (short commandline syntax or edit openssl.cnf: openssl req -new -nodes -x509 -keyout cakey.pem -days 1095 -out cacert.pem openssl req -new -nodes -keyout WebAdminKey.pem -out newreq.pem -days 1095 cat newreq.pem WebAdminKey.pem > new.pem mkdir newcerts touch index.txt echo 01 > serial openssl ca -policy policy_anything -out /tmp/WebAdminCert.pem -infiles /tmp/new.pem ) You only need the .key and .crt file, without passphrase. cp /etc/httpd/WebAdminKey.pem cp /etc/httpd/WebAdminCert.pem chown 0:0 /etc/httpd/WebAdminKey.pem chmod 400 /etc/httpd/WebAdminKey.pem chown 0:0 /etc/httpd/WebAdminCert.pem chmod 400 /etc/httpd/WebAdminCert.pem