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OpenSSL JumpStart for private use, ex: LAN, private servers.

Create CA

Generate CA Private Key
openssl genrsa -out ca.key 4096
Self Sign CA (5 years)
openssl req -new -x509 -sha256 -days 1826 -key ca.key -out ca.crt

Create Certif­icate Request

Create a Private Key
openssl genrsa -out user.key 4096
Create a certif­icate request
openssl req -new -key user.key -out user.csr

Signing Requests

Process the request and get it signed by the CA
openssl x509 -req -days 730 -sha256 -in user.csr -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -set_s­erial 01 -out user.crt
Sign using v3 extension file
openssl x509 -req -days 730 -sha256 -in user.csr -extfile v3.txt -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -set_s­erial 01 -out user.crt
 

Create Extension File

basicC­ons­traints = CA:FALSE
author­ity­Key­Ide­nti­fie­r=k­eyi­d,i­ssuer
keyUsage = digita­lSi­gna­ture, nonRep­udi­ation, keyEnc­iph­erment, dataEn­cip­herment
subjec­tAl­tName = @alt_names

[alt_n­ames]
DNS.1 = server­1.e­xam­ple.com
DNS.2 = mail.e­xam­ple.com
DNS.3 = www.ex­amp­le.com
DNS.4 = www.su­b.e­xam­ple.com
DNS.5 = mx.exa­mpl­e.com
DNS.6 = suppor­t.e­xam­ple.com
IP.1 = 192.16­8.0.100
URI.1 = https:­//w­ww.m­ye­xam­ple.com
Put the code in a file, modify it to reflect your site needs and save it as: v3.txt

Checking Certif­icates

Dump the Certif­icate
openssl x509 -in user.crt -text -noout
Check Purpose
openssl x509 -purpose -in user.crt -inform PEM
Inspect Certif­icate Request
openssl req -text -noout -verify -in user.csr

Export Certif­icate

Export as PKCS12 (PFX)
openssl pkcs12 -export -out user.pfx -inkey user.key -in user.crt
Export as PKCS12 with including CA public key
openssl pkcs12 -export -out user.pfx -inkey user.key -in user.crt -certfile ca.crt
Export as PKCS7 (P7B)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile user.crt -out certif­ica­te.p7b
Convert PFX to PEM
openssl pkcs12 -in user.pfx -out user.crt -nodes
While converting PFX to PEM format, openssl will put all the Certif­icates and Private Key into a single file.
You will need to open the file in Text editor and copy each Certif­icate & Private key (including the BEGIN/END statem­ents)
to its own individual text file and save them as certif­ica­te.cer, CAcert.cer, privat­eKe­y.key respec­tively.
   

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