How to generate SSL Key, CSR and Self Signed Certificate using OpenSSL.

I have already discussed how to generate SSL certificate using keytool over here. In this article, I am going to explain how can you achieved the same thing using OpenSSL tool.

The three differnet files that I am going to generate i.e. :

• waheedtechblog.key
• waheedtechblog.csr
• waheedtechblog.crt

Generate Private key : waheedtechblog.key

openssl genrsa -des3 -out waheedtechblog.key 1024

Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Using above generated key file, We will now create the CSR file

openssl req -new -key waheedtechblog.key -out waheedtechblog.csr

Generate a Self-Signed SSL Certificate

openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in waheedtechblog.csr -signkey waheedtechblog.key -out waheedtechblog.crt

These file can be used to enable SSL in Apache Server.

Sometime, we need to remove passphrase to run key in Apache Server, if you get such issue while enabling SSL in Apache Server then run following command to remove passphrase :

openssl rsa -in waheedtechblog.key -out waheedtechblog_new.key

Your new file is key without encryption.

Thank you..!!!!