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            <h1>Enabling SSL for Pi-Hole Admin Interface (lighttpd)</h1>
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          <p>This video is outdated after I found updating Pi-hole will overwrite the SSL config. The new video showing updated steps can be found at: <a href="https://youtu.be/yUdmBGe9wYA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yUdmBGe9wYA</a></p>

<h2>Prerequisites</h2>

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	<li class="noCheckbox">A XCA PKI database <a href="https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ</a></li>
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<h2>Create Your SSL Certificate</h2>

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	<li>Launch XCA</li>
	<li>Open the PKI database if it is not already (File &gt; Open DataBase), enter password</li>
	<li>Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate</li>
	<li>Select New</li>
	<li>On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected</li>
	<li>Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down</li>
	<li>Click the Subject tab</li>
	<li>Complete the Distinguished Name section
	<p>internalName: Pi-Hole SSL<br />
	countryName: US<br />
	stateOrProvinceName: Virginia<br />
	localityName: Northern<br />
	organizationName: i12bretro<br />
	organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority<br />
	commonName: pihole.i12bretro.local</p>
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	<li>Click the Generate a New Key button</li>
	<li>Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048</li>
	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Click on the Extensions tab</li>
	<li>Select End Entity from the type list</li>
	<li>Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name</li>
	<li>Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify</li>
	<li>Update the validity dates to fit your needs</li>
	<li>Click the Key Usage tab</li>
	<li>Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment</li>
	<li>Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication</li>
	<li>Click the Netscape tab</li>
	<li>Select SSL Server</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the certificate</li>
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<h2>Exporting Required Files</h2>

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	<li>In XCA, click on the Certificates tab</li>
	<li>Right click the Intermediate CA certificate &gt; Export &gt; File</li>
	<li>Set the file name with a .pem extension and verify the export format is PEM chain (*.pem)</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the SSL certificate &gt; Export &gt; File</li>
	<li>Set the file name with a .pem extension and verify the export format is PEM + Key (*.pem)</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
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<h2>Applying the Certificates</h2>

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	<li>Download PuTTY <a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Connect to the Raspberry Pi via PuTTY
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		<li>If SSH is not enabled on the Raspberry Pi, enable it using Raspberry Pi Config</li>
		<li>Launch PuTTY</li>
		<li>Input the Raspberry Pi hostname or IP address</li>
		<li>Click Connect</li>
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	<li>Install xrdp to simplify administration by running the following command
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo apt-get install xrdp</div>
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	<li>Connect to the Raspberry Pi via Remote Desktop Client</li>
	<li>Copy the certificates exported above to the Pi</li>
	<li>Copy the certificates exported above to /etc/lighttpd
	<div class="codeBlock">cp /home/pi/Downloads/PiHole.pem /etc/lighttpd<br />
	cp /home/pi/Downloads/ca-chain.pem /etc/lighttpd</div>
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	<li>Edit lighttpd.conf
	<div class="codeBlock">mousepad</div>
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	<li>File &gt; Open /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf</li>
	<li>Add &quot;mod_openssl&quot; to server.modules</li>
	<li>Add the following lines
	<p>server.name = &quot;pihole.i12bretro.local&quot;<br />
	server.port = 443<br />
	ssl.engine = &quot;enable&quot;<br />
	ssl.pemfile = &quot;PiHole.pem&quot;<br />
	ssl.ca-file = &quot;ca-chain.pem&quot;</p>
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	<li>File &gt; Save &gt; /home/pi/Downloads/lighttpd.conf</li>
	<li>In terminal, paste the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock">cp /home/pi/Downloads/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd<br />
	service lighttpd restart</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to PiHole via https://</li>
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