Install PFX/PKCS#12 in Apache web server with OpenSSL

Global Support Centre > SSL Certificates > AutoCSR > Import your PFX/PKCS#12

  1. Firstly, you will need to rename the PFX/PKCS#12 file you downloaded from the GCC to be what the automated tool is looking for. This is “cert.pfx”. You can either use windows to rename the file or a command line:
  2. Certificate Imported

  3. Now click here and Save the certex.bat file in the folder where you have the “openssl.exe” file located file. Then copy the “cert.pfx” to the same location.
  4. A directory listing will confirm this name change and file re-location has taken place.
  5. Certificate Import Wizard Successful

  6. Now run the automated extraction tool by typing “certex”
  7. Certificate Imported

  8. You will now be asked to input the password for the pfx file. This will be the concatenation of your ‘user defined’ password and the GCC random string.
  9. Certificate Imported

  10. Once the files have been extracted, they will appear individually in the folder and you can reference your httpd.conf file to them.