Securing Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartS

There are a few problem areas when it comes to Fedora 15 and ISPConfig 3.0.4.

Error is Apache 2 Can not be found

There is no file directory "/etc/apache2/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost" on the system.

Code:

Securing Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartSSL - Page 2
4 ISPConfig Interface (Apache2)
If you use ISPConfig 3 with Apache, open /etc/apache2/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost...

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost

... and add the line SSLCertificateChainFile /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/startssl.sub.class1.server.ca.crt to the # SSL Configuration section (please be aware that you have to re-add that line whenever you update ISPConfig!):

[...]
  # SSL Configuration
  SSLEngine On
  SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.key
  ## must be re-added after an ISPConfig update!!!
  SSLCertificateChainFile /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/startssl.sub.class1.server.ca.crt
[...] 

(Adjust this if you use a Class2 certificate.)

Restart Apache afterwards:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

There is no directory file "/etc/courier/"

Code:

8 Courier
Create backups of /etc/courier/imapd.pem and /etc/courier/pop3d.pem... 

mv /etc/courier/imapd.pem /etc/courier/imapd.pem.bak
mv /etc/courier/pop3d.pem /etc/courier/pop3d.pem.bak

... and then symlink them to /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.pem:

ln -s /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.pem /etc/courier/imapd.pem
ln -s /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.pem /etc/courier/pop3d.pem

Restart Courier afterwards:

/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl start
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl start 

Next
bash: /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql: No such file or directory

Code:

9 PureFTPd
Create a backup of /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem...

cd /etc/ssl/private/
mv pure-ftpd.pem pure-ftpd.pem_bak

... and create a symlink to /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.pem:

ln -s /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl/ispserver.pem pure-ftpd.pem

Restart PureFTPd afterwards:

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart

The end resutlts were that I had to go back to

2 Creating A Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

and recreate new certs in order to get my sites to show again...

Any ideas for those of us using Fedora 15 with ISPConfig 3.0.4?

 

You will have to adjust some paths for Fedora. For example, /etc/apache2 is /etc/httpd on Fedora.

 

**** CHANGES for Fedora 15 and ISPConfig 3****
All up to this point seems to work fine

**** 4 ISPConfig Interface (Apache2) ****

CHANGE FROM

Code:

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost

TO

Code:

vi /etc/httpd/conf/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost

CHANGE FROM

Code:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

TO

Code:

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

(Failed)

**** 8 Courier ****
NOT FOUND
Create backups of /etc/courier/imapd.pem and /etc/courier/pop3d.pem...

ONLY (So are this the files to use?)

Code:

/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/imapd.pem
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/pop3d.pem

NOT FOUND
Restart Courier afterwards:

Code:

/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl start
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl start

ONLY (If above is True then would I not stop and start using these?)

Code:

/etc/init.d/courier-imap
/etc/init.d/courier-pop

Remember I am a born and bred MS User learning Linux

 

Why does it fail? Do you get any errors (please check the Apache error log as well).

I think so, but am not sure. What's the output of

Code:

updatedb
locate imapd.pem

?

Yes, these should be the correct init scripts.

BTW, why do you use Fedora? I think it will be much easier to use Debian.

 

CHANGE FROM

Code:

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost

TO

Code:

vi /etc/httpd/conf/sites-available/ispconfig.vhost

CHANGE FROM

Code:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

TO

Code:

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

(Failed)

Why does it fail? Do you get any errors (please check the Apache error log as well).

Getting /etc/apache2/ to /etc/httpd/ I did finally get to work yesterday after this post not sure what I did differently on the third try.

**** 8 Courier ****
NOT FOUND
Create backups of /etc/courier/imapd.pem and /etc/courier/pop3d.pem...

ONLY (So are this the files to use?)

Code:

/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/imapd.pem
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/pop3d.pem

I think so, but am not sure. What's the output of

Code:

updatedb
locate imapd.pem

?

Code:

[root@server1 ~]# updatedb
[root@server1 ~]# locate imapd.pem
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/imapd.pem
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/imapd.pem.bak
[root@server1 ~]#

Restart Courier afterwards:

Code:

/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl start
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl stop
/etc/init.d/courier-pop-ssl start

Only (If above is True then would I not stop and start using these?)

Code:

/etc/init.d/courier-imap
/etc/init.d/courier-pop

Yes, these should be the correct init scripts.

BTW, why do you use Fedora? I think it will be much easier to use Debian.

Tried Debian as a few others unfortunately I needed to update LAMP and the response from the forums were not so pleasant while asking how to do this.
Some people don't look kindly to us Linux Newbe's asking questions about servers when they feel we should be working on the basic fundamentals of the OS first.

As of this point I installed everything according to this guide including all the above Fedora changes... All seemed to have installed correctly with no errors.
But According to Eddy Nigg's StartCom CertMaster via email
I can't see a trusted certificate installed, sorry.

 

What I forgot to mention as well the original issues were in creating the Class1 certs... After upgrading to Class2 this is where I thought I finally got it. But going to my host app at https://example.com:8080 I still get the cert warning and the red address bar.

 

Ok,
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/imapd.pem
/usr/lib/courier-imap/share/pop3d.pem
should be the correct files.

I really recommend to use Debian (or Ubuntu) because its package manager is far better than Fedora's. Also, you will have less trouble with distribution upgrades. Also, we develop ISPConfig on Debian, so Debian support is much better than Fedora support. In addition to that, ISPConfig does not support all Fedora versions, for example, Fedora 16 isn't currently supported because they changed the way how services are started/stopped/restarted.

Please check Apache's error log.

 

I am not sure what it is trying to tell me...

Code:

[Fri Mar 30 10:00:02 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:05:01 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:10:07 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:15:01 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:20:02 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:20:56 2012] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 256 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] mod_python: using mutex_directory /tmp 
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
[Fri Mar 30 10:38:10 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_fcgid/2.3.6 PHP/5.3.10 mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.7.1 mod_ruby/1.3.0 Ruby/1.8.7(2011-12-28) mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/1.0.0g-fips mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.12.4 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Mar 30 10:39:31 2012] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] Digest: done
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 256 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] mod_python: using mutex_directory /tmp 
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] SSL FIPS mode disabled
[Fri Mar 30 10:43:00 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_fcgid/2.3.6 PHP/5.3.10 mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.7.1 mod_ruby/1.3.0 Ruby/1.8.7(2011-12-28) mod_ssl/2.2.22 OpenSSL/1.0.0g-fips mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.12.4 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Mar 30 10:45:02 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:50:02 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Fri Mar 30 10:55:01 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/