how to create a signed cert using openssl

Serge Dubrouski sergeyfd at gmail.com
Sun Jul 22 14:44:56 UTC 2007


Or use this:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ssl/ssl_faq.html#aboutcerts

On 7/21/07, BERES Laszlo <beres.laszlo at sys-admin.hu> wrote:
> Anne írta:
>
> > Does anyone know how to create a signed certificate using openssl (and an
> > already generated .csr request from a generic web application)?
>
> There's a great Makefile in openssl package on RHEL. Just go into
> /usr/share/ssl/certs dir and run make:
>
> This makefile allows you to create:
>  o public/private key pairs
>  o SSL certificate signing requests (CSRs)
>  o self-signed SSL test certificates
>
> To create a key pair, run "make SOMETHING.key".
> To create a CSR, run "make SOMETHING.csr".
> To create a test certificate, run "make SOMETHING.crt".
> To create a key and a test certificate in one file, run "make
> SOMETHING.pem".
>
> To create a key for use with Apache, run "make genkey".
> To create a CSR for use with Apache, run "make certreq".
> To create a test certificate for use with Apache, run "make testcert".
>
> Examples:
>  make server.key
>  make server.csr
>  make server.crt
>  make stunnel.pem
>  make genkey
>  make certreq
>  make testcert
>
>
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> BÉRES László     RHCE, RHCX
> senior IT engineer, trainer
>
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