Cer to Pem
You can convert cer file to pem with this example command. openssl x509 -in certnewb.cer -inform DER -out certnewb.pem -outform PEM if you have a Microsoft CA server and if you signed your certification request with this CA server, this server will give to you der encoded certnew.cer file. you can convert this file to pem format for the any apache server.