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Roundcube Webmail SSL

R

Ric878

New Pleskian
Hi,

How can I install my own SSL certificate rather than use the self signed certificate created by Plesk for Roundcube webmail? Also, is it possible to have each domain use its own SSL cert for webmail?

Thanks
 
What I do is install my webmail certificate in

Plesk -> Tools & Settings -> SSL Certificates
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And then go to

Plesk -> Tools & Settings -> Database Servers -> PHPMyAdmin -> psa -> certificates
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Get the file names for the webmail cert and make a custom horde and roundcube templates* with..

Apache files (horde.php and roundcube.php)
Code: 
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"
    SSLCertificateFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"
    SSLCACertificateFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"

Nginx File (nginxWebmailPartial.php)
Code: 
    ssl_certificate               /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_certificate_key         /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_client_certificate      /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;

I do this because the CA directives are missing from the default Apache2 templates.
Oh btw the above paths are for Ubuntu if on CentOS I think the psa folder is in /usr/local/.

*Templates are located in

/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default
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copy the above files to

/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom
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and then edit.

Once you have done that send you customers to correct url (that your SSL is for) so they don't get any certificate warnings. And if you check your url at ssllabs you won't get any chain issues.

What we need is a button is SSL Certs to "secure webmail" like we have for plesk!

I hope that helps.

Kind regards

Lloyd
 
Can u please clear the following steps :

*Templates are located in

/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default
copy the above files to

/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom
and then edit.

I am confused because there are so many files inside.
 
Hi Lloyd,

Thanks for the follow up. After making the changes should I be running a command like:

/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpdmng ––reconfigure-all



Lloyd_mcse said:
What I do is install my webmail certificate in



And then go to



Get the file names for the webmail cert and make a custom horde and roundcube templates* with..

Apache files (horde.php and roundcube.php)
Code: 
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"
    SSLCertificateFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"
    SSLCACertificateFile "/opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name"

Nginx File (nginxWebmailPartial.php)
Code: 
    ssl_certificate               /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_certificate_key         /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_client_certificate      /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;

I do this because the CA directives are missing from the default Apache2 templates.
Oh btw the above paths are for Ubuntu if on CentOS I think the psa folder is in /usr/local/.

*Templates are located in



copy the above files to



and then edit.

Once you have done that send you customers to correct url (that your SSL is for) so they don't get any certificate warnings. And if you check your url at ssllabs you won't get any chain issues.

What we need is a button is SSL Certs to "secure webmail" like we have for plesk!

I hope that helps.

Kind regards

Lloyd
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Only copy

Code: 
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/horde.php
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/roundcube.php
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/default/nginxWebmailPartial.php

to a folder called

Code: 
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom

create it if you need to.

Then you can edit the files
Code: 
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/horde.php
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/roundcube.php
/opt/psa/admin/conf/templates/custom/nginxWebmailPartial.php

and run
Code: 
/opt/psa/admin/bin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all

to re-generate the configuration files.

I hope that's clearer :)

Kind regards

Lloyd
 
Lloyd,

Hopefully this is the last question. When I ran the reconfigure command I got some errors and apache did not restart. I assume it has to do with my modifications to the files. Where do I enter the code into the php files? Should I add at the very beginning of the file?

Lloyd_mcse said:
Yeah that's right, I haven't found one that just does the webmail domain.
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Ric878 am sorry for hijacking ur thread

Llyod I have done it the ssl seems to be working but how can force https on the webmail.
 
No probs, glad I can help.

The horde.php file around line 83 is

Code: 
SSLCertificateFile "<?php echo $ipAddress->sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>"

That needs to be replaced with the 3 directives I mention above.

The roundcube.php file around line 86, same thing.

And the nginxWebmailPartial.php lines 12, 13 and 15. are the lines/directives you want to look for.
I Completely remove lines 10 to 22 in and replace it...

Code: 
<?php if ($OPT['ssl']): ?>
<?php $sslCertificate = $ipAddress->sslCertificate; ?>
<?php   if ($sslCertificate->ce): ?>
    ssl_certificate             <?php echo $sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>;
    ssl_certificate_key         <?php echo $sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>;
<?php       if ($sslCertificate->ca): ?>
    ssl_client_certificate      <?php echo $sslCertificate->caFilePath ?>;
<?php       endif ?>
    ssl_session_timeout         5m;

    ssl_protocols               SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;
    ssl_ciphers                 HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;
<?php   endif ?>
<?php endif ?>

Goes to something like..

Code: 
<?php if ($OPT['ssl']): ?>
    ssl_certificate               /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_certificate_key         /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_client_certificate      /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_session_timeout                      5m;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers               on;
    ssl_protocols              TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;   
    ssl_ciphers   HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;              
<?php endif ?>

You can add HSTS, OCSP, ssl_session_cache, ssl_ecdh_curve and dhparam in there too.

I hope that helps

Kind regards

Lloyd
 
KamalG said:
Ric878 am sorry for hijacking ur thread

Lloyd I have done it the ssl seems to be working but how can force https on the webmail.
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Well I just add HSTS in the above SSL directives group.

Add in the nginxWebmailPartial.php (in the same block as the SSL Directives)

Code: 
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains";

And the Apache version (only needed if you don't run nginx), horde.php and roundcube.php

Code: 
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"

I hope that helps a bit anyway.

Kind regards

Lloyd
 
Thank you for the kind reply,
I found this file roundcube.htaccess.inc in /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d and then added
Code: 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

It's working but the problem is I have two domains hosted .. now the other domain's webmail.domainname.com shows the ssl for the one Installed .. I don't think we have individual options to secure the webmail domains.
 
KamalG said:
Thank you for the kind reply,

It's working but the problem is I have two domains hosted .. now the other domain's webmail.domainname.com shows the ssl for the one Installed .. I don't think we have individual options to secure the webmail domains.
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Cool, no problem.
No we don't. I find the best option is to tell all customers to use the main url, same with Plesk itself.
 
Lloyd,

I really appreciate your help. With your instructions I was able to get this working perfectly.

Best,
Ricardo
Lloyd_mcse said:
No probs, glad I can help.

The horde.php file around line 83 is

Code: 
SSLCertificateFile "<?php echo $ipAddress->sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>"

That needs to be replaced with the 3 directives I mention above.

The roundcube.php file around line 86, same thing.

And the nginxWebmailPartial.php lines 12, 13 and 15. are the lines/directives you want to look for.
I Completely remove lines 10 to 22 in and replace it...

Code: 
<?php if ($OPT['ssl']): ?>
<?php $sslCertificate = $ipAddress->sslCertificate; ?>
<?php   if ($sslCertificate->ce): ?>
    ssl_certificate             <?php echo $sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>;
    ssl_certificate_key         <?php echo $sslCertificate->ceFilePath ?>;
<?php       if ($sslCertificate->ca): ?>
    ssl_client_certificate      <?php echo $sslCertificate->caFilePath ?>;
<?php       endif ?>
    ssl_session_timeout         5m;

    ssl_protocols               SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;
    ssl_ciphers                 HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;
<?php   endif ?>
<?php endif ?>

Goes to something like..

Code: 
<?php if ($OPT['ssl']): ?>
    ssl_certificate               /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_certificate_key         /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_client_certificate      /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_session_timeout                      5m;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers               on;
    ssl_protocols              TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;   
    ssl_ciphers   HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;              
<?php endif ?>

You can add HSTS, OCSP, ssl_session_cache, ssl_ecdh_curve and dhparam in there too.

I hope that helps

Kind regards

Lloyd
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No problem, glad I could help Ricardo.

To round off the thread here's what it looks like with HSTS, OCSP, SSL Session Cache, 4096Bit dhparam (you need to generate this yourself) and secp384r1 ECDH curve.

Code: 
<?php if ($OPT['ssl']): ?>
    ssl_ecdh_curve          secp384r1;
    ssl_dhparam                /etc/ssl/dh.pem;
    ssl_certificate               /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_certificate_key         /opt/psa/var/certificates/cert-name;
    ssl_client_certificate      /opt/psa/var/certificates/ca-name;
    ssl_session_timeout                      5m;
    ssl_session_cache        shared:SSL:5m;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers               on;
    ssl_protocols              TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;   
    ssl_ciphers                 EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+RC4:EECDH:EDH+aRSA:RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains";
    ssl_stapling on;
    ssl_stapling_verify on;
    ssl_trusted_certificate   /etc/ssl/inter-and-ca-combined.pem;
    resolver 8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8 valid=300s;
    resolver_timeout 10s;
<?php endif ?>

The cipher string above is from Qualys Configuring Apache, Nginx, and OpenSSL for Forward Secrecy with the correct separators.
Once again, glad I could help

Kind regards

Lloyd
 
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Can you please kindly tell me where does the generated vhost file for webmail reside after we configure this.

I have done the same process in new VPS server but the problem is

webmail.myserver.com now shows the ssl of my server.myserver.com

What could be the problem ??

I have exactly followed the same steps which I carried out before and it worked excellent.
 
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The generated files are located...

Apache Files
Code: 
/etc/apache2/plesk.conf.d/horde.conf
/etc/apache2/plesk.conf.d/roundcube.conf

Nginx Files
Code: 
/etc/nginx/plesk.conf.d/webmail.conf

Are the file certificate names correct?
 
Thank you for your kind reply.

The path was /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d/roundcube.conf

and the file has the SSL parameters I have configured.

Yes I checked they are correct
I have used the following
private.key
certificate.crt
ca.crt

Code: 
SSLEngine on
        SSLVerifyClient none
        SSLCertificateKeyFile "/usr/local/psa/var/certificates/private.key"
        SSLCertificateFile "/usr/local/psa/var/certificates/certificate.crt"
        SSLCACertificateFile "/usr/local/psa/var/certificates/ca.crt"

It presents the valid certificate I installed for server.mydomain.com ...

So what could be the problem ?
 
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I recently installed nginx and followed the above for nginx

It doesn't seem to work I am getting the following error please help
Code: 
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all       Execution failed.
Command: httpdmng
Arguments: Array
(
    [0] => --reconfigure-server
    [1] => -no-restart
)

Details: [2014-08-04 16:54:43] ERR [util_exec] proc_close() failed
[2014-08-04 16:54:44] ERR [panel] Apache config (14071505830.14904200) generation failed: Template_Exception: nginx: [emerg] "ssl_certificate" directive is duplicate in /etc/nginx/plesk.conf.d/webmail.conf:16
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

file: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/Template/Writer/Webserver/Abstract.php
line: 75
code: 0
nginx: [emerg] "ssl_certificate" directive is duplicate in /etc/nginx/plesk.conf.d/webmail.conf:16
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
 
Hi KamalG,
looks like you have 2 ssl_certificate directives in the template.
Hope that helps
Regards

Lloyd
 
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