OpensSSL Server Certificates

[Digital Wokan]

DevShed.com has something about seamless setup of Apache, SSL, MySQL,
and PHP.  Perhaps the instructions there can help.

Craig White wrote:
> I have been rolling my eyes over the man pages for 'req' 'openssl' and 'ssl'
> and haven't done much better with www.openssl.org so perhaps someone can
> point me in the right direction.
> 
> I want to create a self-signed certificate for my apache based web server
> with mod_ssl installed and apparently working if you call certificates
> signed as SomeOrganization Somewhere and localhost and localdomain a
> presentable certificate. I can't believe it is that hard to do but it is
> escaping me. Can anyone point me to a instruction page that someone from the
> lower 98% can understand?
> 
> Craig