openssl req

PKCS#10 certificate request and certificate generating utility

• https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/man1/openssl-req.html

openssl req --help
openssl req -new
openssl req -x509
openssl req -CA

• openssl req -config root-ca.cnf -key /your_path/private/root-ca_key.pem -new -x509 -days 3650 -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out /your_path/private/root-ca_cert.pem

Generate a CSR

• openssl req -new -key example.org.key -out example.org.csr

Errors:

openssl req -new -key example.org.key -out example.org.csr
Can't open example.org.key for reading, No such file or directory.

Solution: Generate a key. openssl genrsa -aes256 -out ./example.org.key 4096

openssl req -new -key example.org.key -out example.org.csr
unable to load Private Key

Related terms

• openssl genrsa
• Bundle ID
• openssl req -x509
• openssl req -x509 -newkey

See also

• CSR: openssl req [ -x509 ]
• openssl rsa, openssl genrsa
• Certificate, CSR (PKCS10), /etc/letsencrypt/csr/, openssl req, X.509, [.pem, .cer, .csr], Kubernetes CertificateSigningRequest

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