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I have already discussed how to generate SSL certificate using keytool over here . In this article, I am going to explain how can you achieved the same thing using OpenSSL tool. The three differnet files that I am going to generate i.e. : waheedtechblog.key waheedtechblog.csr waheedtechblog.crt Generate Private key : waheedtechblog.key openssl genrsa -des3 -out waheedtechblog.key 1024 Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Using above generated key file, We will now create the CSR file openssl req -new -key waheedtechblog.key -out waheedtechblog.csr Generate a Self-Signed SSL Certificate openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in waheedtechblog.csr -signkey waheedtechblog.key -out waheedtechblog.crt These file can be used to enable SSL in Apache Server. Sometime, we need to remove passphrase to run key in Apache Server, if you get such issue while enabling SSL in Apache Server then run following command to remove p...

1. Introduction Shibboleth is standards-based, open source middleware software which provides web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources in a privacy-preserving manner. Shibboleth Identity Provider supports the SAML2 specification and is therefore ideal for use with Zendesk. This document will describe the steps required to configure Shibboleth 2.0 Identity Provider to achieve single sign-on with Zendesk. 2. Install Shibboleth IdP The V2 Shibboleth Identity Provider is a standard Java web application based on the Servlet 2.4 specification and should run for the most part in any compatible servlet container. For this setup, I am going to use Apache Tomcat 7. Install and configure Apache tomcat 7 Download the Shibboleth Identity Provider (V2.4.4) software package. Unzip the archive and uncomment <security-constraint>, <login-config...

Steps to install and configure Maven on CentOS Download the tar.gz file from Apache Maven site Untar the file at some location (Eg: /opt/maven) tar x z f <filename> Add the environment variable to ~/.bash_profile file cd $HOME vi ~/.bash_ profile Append PATH variable with maven path Add M2_HOME variable export M2_HOME Save and restart your system Verify maven installation mvn --version