Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for Apache
# openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout www.yourdomain.com.key -out www.yourdomain.com.csr Enter pass phrase for www.yourdomain.com.key: You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:CA State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Alberta Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Calgary Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:DOMAINScanada Inc Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:IT Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []: DOMAINScanada Email Address []: Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: An optional company name []: # ls -ltr www.domain.* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 963 Jun 13 20:26 www.yourdomain.com.key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 664 Jun 13 20:35 www.yourdomain.com.csr
