When you use the server private key protected by a password, you can save the password in advance in a file and set the directive to omit the password input when restarting the server. This procedure is described below. Note that the following procedure is mandatory when you use the server private key protected by password in Windows version of Cosminexus HTTP Server:
You need to take care when protecting the password file items. Set the directory permissions and the file permissions to prevent other users from accessing the storage directory of the server private key, and also prevent them from accessing the storage directory of the password file.
The following section describes the sslpasswd command that creates the password file that is to be specified in the SSLCertificateKeyPassword directive.