Difference between revisions of "Self Signed SSL Certificates"

Revision as of 16:07, 6 October 2007

To create a Self Signed SSL Certificate:

openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout \
 /etc/ssl/private/yourcert.key \
 -out /etc/ssl/private/yourcert.pem

This creates a 1024 bit Encrypted certificate, and saves it as /etc/ssl/private/yourcert.pem

In RedHat based distros generating SSL certs is simplified.

To generate a server key:

make genkey

To generate certificate request:

make certreq

Once you have a Certificate Request (.csr) you can go to [CACert.org] to have a Signed Certificate created.

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 This creates a 1024 bit Encrypted certificate, and saves it as ''/etc/ssl/private/yourcert.pem''
+== RedHat/Fedora ==
+In RedHat based distros generating SSL certs is simplified.
+To generate a server key:
+ make genkey
+To generate certificate request:
+ make certreq
+Once you have a Certificate Request (.csr) you can go to [[http://www.cacert.org CACert.org]] to have a Signed Certificate created.
 [[Category:OpenSSL]]