#!/bin/sh prefix="@prefix@" exec_prefix="@exec_prefix@" sysconfdir="@sysconfdir@" echo "Generating private key and CSR... " openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha512 -out "${sysconfdir}"/ssl.csr -keyout "${sysconfdir}"/ssl.key echo "Self-signing certificate..." openssl x509 -req -sha512 -days 365 -in "${sysconfdir}"/ssl.csr -signkey "${sysconfdir}"/ssl.key -out "${sysconfdir}"/ssl.pem echo "Generating Diffie-Hellman file for secure SSL/TLS negotiation .. " openssl dhparam -out "${sysconfdir}"/dh.pem 2048 # If sysconfdir is relative to prefix, make the path relative. I.e., # prefix=/usr and sysconfdir=/etc -> relative_sysconfdir=/etc, # prefix=/home/binki/chary and sysconfdir=/home/binki/chary/etc -> # relative_sysconfdir=etc relative_sysconfdir="${sysconfdir#${prefix%/}/}" relative_sysconfdir="${relative_sysconfdir%/}" cat <<EOF Now change these lines in the IRCd config file: ssl_private_key = "${relative_sysconfdir}/ssl.key"; ssl_cert = "${relative_sysconfdir}/ssl.pem"; ssl_dh_params = "${relative_sysconfdir}/dh.pem"; If you want to get your certificate signed by a certificate authority, submit the ssl.csr file to your CA, then replace ssl.pem with the certificate returned to you. You may need to include your CA's intermediate certificates in signing order. Enjoy using ssl. EOF