Please enter the following 'extra' attributes Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) :Ĭommon Name (e.g. If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blankįor some fields there will be a default value, What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
$ openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr Since this is a self-signed certificate, there is no need to provide the 'challenge password' (to leave it blank, press enter). # The below command will ask you for information that would be included in the certificate. Step 3: Create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) utilizing the RSA private key we generated in the last step. To know more about what is a PEM file and it’s significance, read What is a Pem file and how does it differ from other OpenSSL Generated Key File Formats? at. $ openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in -out server.key # The below command will use the '' file that just generated and create 'server.key'. $ openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out 2048 # The below command will create a file named '' and place it in the same folder where the command is executed. If you using Linux, you can use the default package manager to get the openssl package installed on your box. If you are using Microsoft(r) Windows, checkout for details about the openssl package on Windows. Step 1: Verify that you have openssl installed.
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