How to remove a passphrase from an SSL cert key

Here are the steps to remove a pass phrase from a cert key. This solution was originally discovered on the modssl website:

cp server.key server.key.org
openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key

Make sure the key is readable by root only,

chmod 400 server.key

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