Create SSL Certificates2011/03/10

Create a your server's original SSL Certificate. If you use your server as a business, it had better buy and use a Formal Certificate from Verisign and so on.

root@www:~#

cd /etc/ssl/certs

root@www:/etc/ssl/certs#

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024

Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
.......++++++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
Enter pass phrase for server.key:

# set passphrase

Verifying - Enter pass phrase for server.key:

# confirm

# remove passphrase from private key

root@www:/etc/ssl/certs#

openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key

Enter pass phrase for server.key:

# passphrase

writing RSA key
root@www:/etc/ssl/certs#

openssl req -new -days 3650 -key server.key -out server.csr

You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:

# country

State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:

Hiroshima

# state

Locality Name (eg, city) []:

Hiroshima

# city

Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:

Server World

# company

Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:

IT Solution

# department

Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:

www.srv.world

# server's FQDN

Email Address []:

xxx@srv.world

# email address

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:

root@www:/etc/ssl/certs#

openssl x509 -in server.csr -out server.crt -req -signkey server.key -days 3650

Signature ok
subject=/C=JP/ST=Hiroshima/L=Hiroshima/O=Server World/OU=IT Solution/CN=www.srv.world/emailAddress=xxx@srv.world
Getting Private key

root@www:/etc/ssl/certs#

chmod 400 server.*

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