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How to use openssl for generating ssl certificates private keys and csrs

Lakshmi Srinivas
Updated on 18-Oct-2019 11:39:32

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OpenSSL is a CLI (Command Line Tool) which can be used to secure the server to generate public key infrastructure (PKI) and HTTPS. This article helps you as a quick reference to understand OpenSSL commands which are very useful in common, and for everyday scenarios especially for system administrators.Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs)If we want to obtain SSL certificate from a certificate authority (CA), we must generate a certificate signing request (CSR). A CSR consists of mainly the public key of a key pair, and some additional information. Both these components are merged into the certificate whenever we are signing for ... Read More

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