openssl – how to disable passphrase prompt on apache2 restart

Whenever apache2 restart and you have to manualy Enter the pass phrase of your ssl key.

To automatically start/restart apache2 without the prompt dialog, you can either store the passphrase in a secure folder or remove the password.

OPTION 1. store passphrase:

from your ssl.conf under /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl.conf

SSLPassPhraseDialog  exec:/securepath/to/passphrase-file

then create passphrase-file and type

#!/bin/sh
echo "passphrase"

save file then make it executable

# chmod +x /passphrase-file

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/apache-requires-ssl-passphrase-671559/

OPTION 2. Remove password:

# openssl rsa -in website.com.key -out website.com.key.nopass

then from update the location of your key file in your apache2 virtual hosts.

http://chrisschuld.com/2008/08/removing-the-password-on-an-apache-ssl-certificate/