openssl req

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Manage PKCS#10 Certificate Signing Requests.

Examples (2)

Generate a certificate signing request to be sent to a certificate authority

openssl req -new -sha256 -key filename.key -out filename.csr

Generate a self-signed certificate and a corresponding key-pair, storing both in a file

openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout filename.key -out filename.cert -subj "/C=XX/CN=foobar" -days 365