Create a self-signed SSL Certificates for Apache and Nginx web-servers.

ssl_create_cert.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# USAGE:
#   chmod +x ./ssl_create_cert.sh
#   sudo ./ssl_create_cert.sh
 
################## DECLARE FUNCTIONS ######################
 
checkRoot() {
  if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
    printf "Script must be run as root. Try 'sudo ./ssl_certificate_creater.sh'\n"
    exit 1
  fi
}
 
 
checkNeededPackages() {
  lst="dialog openssl"
  for items in $lst
  do
    type -P $items &>/dev/null || {
      echo -en "\n Package \"$items\" is not installed!"
      echo -en "\n Install now? [yes]/[no]: "
      read ops
      case $ops in
        YES|yes|Y|y) sudo apt-get install $items ;;
                  *) echo -e "\n Exiting..."
                     exit 1 ;;
      esac
    }
  done
}
 
 
setServerName() {
  cmd=(dialog --backtitle "arthurgareginyan.com - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
              --inputbox "\n Please enter the URL of your website." 22 76 $__servername)
  choices=$("${cmd[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
  if [ "$choices" != "" ]; then
    __servername=$choices
  else
    break
  fi
}
 
 
checkServerName() {
  if [ "$__servername" = "" ]; then
    setServerName
  fi
}
 
 
installCertificateNginx() {
  dialog --backtitle "sharewiz.net - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
         --title "Create SSL Certificate for NGinX" \
	 --msgbox "\n We are now going to create a self-signed certificate.  While you could simply press ENTER when you are asked for country name etc. or enter whatever you want, it might be beneficial to have the web servers host name in the common name field of the certificate." 20 60
  mkdir -p /etc/nginx/ssl
  openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -nodes -out /etc/nginx/ssl/$__servername.crt -keyout /etc/nginx/ssl/$__servername.key
  chmod 600 /etc/nginx/ssl/$__servername.key
  dialog --backtitle "sharewiz.net - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
         --title "Create SSL Certificate for NGinX" \
         --msgbox "\n Done! Your certificates are available at /etc/nginx/ssl/$__servername.crt & /etc/nginx/ssl/$__servername.key" 20 60
}
 
 
installCertificateApache() {
  dialog --backtitle "sharewiz.net - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
         --title "Create SSL Certificate for Apache" \
	 --msgbox "\n We are now going to create a self-signed certificate.  While you could simply press ENTER when you are asked for country name etc. or enter whatever you want, it might be beneficial to have the web servers host name in the common name field of the certificate." 20 60
  clear
  mkdir -p /etc/apache2/ssl
  openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -nodes -out /etc/apache2/ssl/$__servername.crt -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/$__servername.key
  chmod 600 /etc/apache2/ssl/$__servername.key
  dialog --backtitle "sharewiz.net - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
         --title "Create SSL Certificate for Apache" \
         --msgbox "\n Done! Your certificates are available at /etc/apache2/ssl/$__servername.crt & /etc/apache2/ssl/$__servername.key" 20 60
}
 
 
######################## GO ###############################
 
checkRoot
checkNeededPackages
 
while true; do
  cmd=(dialog --backtitle "sharewiz.net - Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
              --title "Create SSL Certificate for NGinX/Apache" \
              --menu "You MUST set the server URL (e.g., myaddress.dyndns.org) before starting create certificate. Choose task:" 20 60 15)
  options=(1 "Set server URL ($__servername)"
           2 "Generate new SSL certificate for NGiNX"
           3 "Generate new SSL certificate for Apache"
           4 "Exit")
  choice=$("${cmd[@]}" "${options[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
  if [ "$choice" != "" ]; then
    case $choice in
      1) setServerName ;;
      2) checkServerName
         installCertificateNginx ;;
      3) checkServerName
         installCertificateApache ;;
      4) clear
         exit 0 ;;
      esac
  else
    break
  fi
done
clear
 
exit 0

Before you run the script, you must set the performance rights:

chmod +x ssl_crt_creater.sh

Run the script:

./ssl_crt_creater.sh

After you create the SSL certificate then you should bind it to the server.