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5 5  {{info title="Compatability"}}
6 6  
7 -These instructions were written and tested on
7 +These instructions were written and tested on the following, but should work on any 10.5.X config or later
8 8  * OS X Leopard Client 10.5.4
9 9  * Standard built-in apache2
10 10  * If you like record and verify your OS config as follows:
11 11  ** $ openssl version
12 -***
12 +*** OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
13 +** $ httpd \-v
14 +*** Server version: Apache/2.2.8 (Unix)
13 13  
14 14  {{/info}}
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18 18  By default, WebObjects development installations typically run via DirectConnect. For https development, we must run thru the apache webserver built in to every OS X machine. So before going any further, configure your WebObjects development environment so that your development application launches and [[runs thru apache>>Development Tools-Running Through Apache]] using the host name "localhost".
19 19  
20 -== Configuring Apache for https:~/~/localhost ==
22 +== Configuring Apache for [[https://localhost]] ==
21 21  
24 +=== Make the private key and SSL certificate ===
25 +
26 +Normally creating SSL certificates for production use is quite involved, however since we are just doing localhost development and testing, we can bypass all the mumbo-jumbo and create the minimal unpassworded private key and SSL certificate the easy way. Do not use this method for creating production server SSL certificates
27 +
28 +Open terminal and follow the commands shown below in my transcript which is self-explanatory if you are familiar with Terminal...
29 +
30 +{{noformat}}
31 +
32 +mymac$ cd /etc/apache2/
33 +mymac$ sudo -s
34 +
35 +bash-3.2# mkdir devsslcerts
36 +bash-3.2# cd devsslcerts/
37 +
38 +
39 +{{/noformat}}
40 +
41 +Next run the one single openssl command that will make the two files we need in their final folder that we just created above.
42 +Note you will be asked for a bunch of info for the certificate. Follow what I have done below. **In particular, enter "localhost" in the Common Name field!**
43 +
44 +{{noformat}}
45 +
46 +bash-3.2# openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out localhost_server.crt -keyout localhost_server.key
47 +
48 +Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
49 +.........................++++++
50 +.....++++++
51 +writing new private key to 'localhost_server.key'
52 +-----
53 +You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
54 +into your certificate request.
55 +What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
56 +There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
57 +For some fields there will be a default value,
58 +If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
59 +-----
60 +Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
61 +State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Florida
62 +Locality Name (eg, city) []:Tampa
63 +Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Five WebObjects Sailors, Inc.
64 +Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Software Engineering Department
65 +Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:localhost
66 +Email Address []:developer@webobjects.com
67 +
68 +bash-3.2# ls -al
69 +total 16
70 +drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Jul 21 16:58 .
71 +drwxr-xr-x 10 root wheel 340 Jul 21 16:56 ..
72 +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1497 Jul 21 16:58 localhost_server.crt
73 +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 887 Jul 21 16:58 localhost_server.key
74 +
75 +
76 +{{/noformat}}
77 +
78 +=== Configure Apache2 to Use Your Development Certificates for localhost ===
79 +
80 +Using you favorite text editor, edit the apache2 config file at
81 +/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
82 +making the changes shown in the following 2 screenshots:
83 +
84 +Next edit the ssl config file itself making the changes shown in the following sceenshot:
85 +
86 +Finally, restart apache
87 +
88 +{{noformat}}
89 +
90 +bash-3.2# apachectl graceful
91 +
92 +{{/noformat}}
93 +
22 22  == Detecting SSL ==
23 23  
24 24  Code for detecting whether SSL is active for the current request: