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How to Create a Self Signed TLS Certificate in Linux

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Here is a quick way to create a self signed certificate in Linux.

Run the following command. Fill out the required info.

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3652 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
chmod 400 /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

Now in your Apache or Nginx files, specify the path to the Key and the Certificate.

Note that if you’ll need to add the

https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/create-a-self-signed-tls-certificate/

How to Create a Preshared Key for Wireguard

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You may have encountered a Mikrotik error when trying to create preshared key

Couldn't change wireguard peer<> - invalid preshared key (6)

This is because a Wireguard preshared key needs to be 256bit (32 byte) base64 encoded key. We have a couple different ways we can generate the correct format.

1. Use Openssl to generate a random 32 byte password

openssl rand 32 | base64

2. Create a 31 character password and base64 encode it

echo Thisisthepassword31characterslo | base64
VGhpc2lzdGhlcGFzc3dvcmQzMWNoYXJhY3RlcnNsbwo=

Now we can take this and add it to our config. The config option is 

PresharedKey = VGhpc2lzdGhlcGFzc3dvcmQzMWNoYXJhY3RlcnNsbwo=

https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=184469

Add Self Signed SSL certificate to LibreNMS in CentOS

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Install mod_ssl

yum install mod_ssl -y

Create Directory for SSL key.

mkdir /etc/ssl/key
chmod 700 /etc/ssl/key

Create certificate.

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt

Fill out the info or what is applicable.

Now edit the LibreNMS Apache config file /etc/httpd/conf.d/librenms.conf

All you have to do is add the following three lines under the VirtualHost and change *:80 to *:443.

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSL CertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

So when your finished the file should look like this.

<VirtualHost *:443>
 DocumentRoot /opt/librenms/html/
 ServerName server_hostname_or_IP
 SSLEngine on
 SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
 SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
 CustomLog /opt/librenms/logs/access_log combined
 ErrorLog /opt/librenms/logs/error_log
 AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
 <Directory "/opt/librenms/html/">
 Require all granted
 AllowOverride All
 Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Don’t forget to allow https/port 443 traffic through the firewall.  Guide here

If you have any issues, you may need to chmod the key and crt file.

chmod 644 /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
chmod 644 /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

You should now be able to access LibreNMS using https.  Note, you’ll need to allow an exception in your browser for your self signed certificate.

https://LibreNMS_IP_Address