cheat/cheatsheets/openssl
2013-09-01 15:56:15 -04:00

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# To create a 2048-bit private key:
openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048
# To create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR):
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
# To sign a certificate using a private key and CSR:
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
# (The above commands may be run in sequence to generate a self-signed SSL certificate.)
To view certificate expiration:
+echo | openssl s_client -connect <hostname>:443 2> /dev/null | \
awk '/-----BEGIN/,/END CERTIFICATE-----/' | \
openssl x509 -noout -enddate