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h2. Setting up a simple SSL configuration Setting up a simple SSL configuration with Lighttpd is quite easy. Though this method should be used with care because this setup will only provide proper encryption, not authentication! The user will be presented with a query whether to accept the certificate or not! First, go into the SSL Certs directory and do: <pre> cd /etc/ssl/certs openssl req -new -x509 -keyout lighttpd.pem -out lighttpd.pem -days 365 -nodes chmod 400 lighttpd.pem </pre> The previous instuctions were saying Please mind the file should be owned by fact that not every operating system uses www-data (depending on the OS) but to runs it's webserver (lighttpd), so this is a really bad idea (in case the server gets compromised etc.). As lighttpd starts with root-privileges and drops his rights, you can safely set the owner of the certificate to root and chmod 400 (-r--------) it. may vary. Then edit /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and add: <pre> $SERVER["socket"] == ":443" { ssl.engine = "enable" ssl.pemfile = "/etc/ssl/certs/lighttpd.pem" } </pre> After restarting the webserver, you should be able to access your webserver through https. Because without ssl.ca-file configured, firefox will not accept this certificate, even if it's valid certificate. See Also ======== * [[lighttpd:Docs:SSL|Secure HTTP]]