How do we input a passphrase of http SSL certificate during system boot in RHEL7?

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Issue

  • How do we input a passphrase of http SSL certificate during system boot in RHEL7?

We can input a passphrase when starting apache httpd with systemctl on a terminal. But how do we do it during system boot?

# systemctl start httpd.service 
Enter SSL pass phrase for web1.example.com:443 (RSA) :

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.x (RHEL)
    • httpd

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