Create and Apply SSL Certificate to Aria2 RPC Interface
5#Aria2 #SSL #PKI
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0426.html
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Prerequisites
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- A XCA PKI database https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ
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Create Your SSL Certificate
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01. Launch XCA
02. Open the PKI database if it is not already (File ≫ Open DataBase), enter password
03. Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate
04. Select New
05. On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected
06. Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down
07. Click the Subject tab
08. Complete the Distinguished Name section
internalName: aria2.i12bretro.local
countryName: US
stateOrProvinceName: Virginia
localityName: Northern
organizationName: i12bretro
organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority
commonName: aria2.i12bretro.local
09. Click the Generate a New Key button
10. Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048
11. Click Create
12. Click on the Extensions tab
13. Select End Entity from the type list
14. Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name
15. Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify
16. Update the validity dates to fit your needs
17. Click the Key Usage tab
18. Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
19. Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication
20. Click the Netscape tab
21. Select SSL Server
22. Click OK to create the certificate
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Exporting Required Files
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01. In XCA, click on the Certificates tab
02. Right click the SSL certificate ≫ Export ≫ File
03. Set the file name to aria2.p12 and verify the export format is PKCS#12 chain (*.p12)
04. Click OK
05. Leave the passwords blank ≫ Click OK
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Applying SSL Certificates
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01. Move the exported .p12 file to the aria2 installation directory
02. Open aria2.conf in a text editor
03. Add the following lines to the .conf file, updating the file path if aria2 is installed to a different location
rpc-certificate=c:\Program Files\aria2\aria2.p12
rpc-secure=true
04. Save the changes to aria2.conf
05. Kill aria2c.exe if it is currently running
06. Relaunch aria2c either via command line or scheduled task
07. Load your aria2 web UI of choice
08. Update the RPC connection to enable SSL
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