rtfd/source/openssl/index.rst

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OpenSSL
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Generate private key
====================

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  genrsa \
  -out "private_key.pem" \
  4096 \

Human readable:

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  rsa \
  -in "private_key.pem" \
  -noout \
  -text \

Generate a certificate request
==============================

* generate a private key

* using . for empty fields, generate the request with:

  * Country Name (2 letter code)
  * State or Province Name (full name)
  * Locality Name (eg, city)
  * Organization Name (eg, company)
  * Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
  * Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
  * Email Address
  * A challenge password
  * An optional company name

.. code:: shell

  echo -n "\
  US
  Region / County (code)
  City / Place
  Group / Management / Unit
  Section
  certificate_name
  alias@domain.tld
  .
  .
  " \
  | \
  openssl \
  req \
  -new \
  -key "private_key.pem" \
  -out "certificate_request.csr" \
  -utf8 \

Human readable:

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  req \
  -in "certificate_request.csr" \
  -noout \
  -text \

Create a Certification Authority
================================

init
----

.. code:: shell

  rm --force --recursive "demoCA"
  mkdir --parents "demoCA/newcerts"
  echo -n "" > "demoCA/index.txt"
  echo "00" > "demoCA/serial"

request
-------

.. code:: shell

  echo -n "\
  US
  Region / County (code)
  City / Place
  Decreasing / Hierarchy
  Name
  Name
  alias@domain.tld
  .
  .
  " \
  | \
  openssl \
  req \
  -new \
  -key "name.pem" \
  -out "name.csr" \
  -utf8 \

signature
---------

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  ca \
  -selfsign \
  -in "name.csr" \
  -keyfile "name.pem" \
  -notext \
  -out "name.crt" \
  -startdate 20160801000000Z \
  -enddate 20180801000000Z \
  -batch \
  -extensions "v3_ca" \

----

quick & dirty variant
---------------------

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  ca \
  -selfsign \
  -keyfile "private_key.pem" \

Sign request
============

.. code:: shell

  openssl \
  req \
  -in "certificate_request.csr" \
  -key "private_key.pem" \
  -x509 \
  -set_serial 0 \
  -days 730 \
  -out "certificate.crt" \