Creating a self-signed SSL certificate: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:32, 13 June 2015

$ openssl req -new -x509 -sha256 -days 10000 -nodes -out server.crt -keyout server.key
Set the Common Name (CN) to the FQDN and enter "." for everything else.
Put files server.crt and server.key to /etc/httpd/ (on Slackware) and set their permissions to 600.

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 *<code>$ openssl req -new -x509 -sha256 -days 10000 -nodes -out server.crt -keyout server.key</code>
-*Enter "." for everything except "Common Name".
+*Set the Common Name (CN) to the FQDN and enter "." for everything else.
 *Put files <code>server.crt</code> and <code>server.key</code> to <code>/etc/httpd/</code> (on Slackware) and set their permissions to 600.
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