1. Fetch and extract the distributions of Apache, mod_ssl and OpenSSL

	http://httpd.apache.org/
	http://www.modssl.org/
	http://www.openssl.org/

2. Build OpenSSL

	cd openssl
	./config
	make

3. Build and install the SSL-aware Apache

	cd mod_ssl
	./configure --with-apache=../apache --with-ssl=../openssl --prefix=/usr/local/www/ --enable-module=mod_rewrite.h
	cd ..
	cd apache
	make 
	make certificate
	make install

5. Fire up your SSL-aware Apache and try it out
      (please replace "local-host-name" with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your website which you entered at the "make certificate" step above)

$ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -DSSL


to decrypt the key so you don't need the passphrase:
/usr/local/www/conf/keys/
cp server.key server.key.crypted

Then re-write the key with encryption. You will be prompted for the original encrypted Key passphrase

/usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl rsa -in server.key.crypted -out server.key

One way to secure the decrypted Private Key is to make readable only by the root:
# chmod 400 server.key