Technical Note: CSTN 00041: Generating a Certificate Signing Request (.csr and .key files) using a CyOPs terminal
Description
This article provides you with the steps that you can follow to generate a Certificate Signing Request (.csr and .key files) using a CyOPsâ„¢ terminal.
Solution
This article provides you with the steps that you can follow to generate a Certificate Signing Request (.csr and .key files) using a CyOPsâ„¢ terminal.
Solution
Steps to execute the command to generate the Certificate Signing Request
- Login to your CyOPsâ„¢ terminal.
- Type
sudo su - Run the following command:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout yourdomain.key -out yourdomain.csr
You will be prompted to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request.
Note: Ensure that you enter the exacthostnameof your CyOPsâ„¢ instance when you are prompted for input in the Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) [] parameter. Also ensure that you do not enter anything when you are prompted for input in the A challenge password[] parameter.
Following is a sample screenshot of this command:
Once the command executes successfully, the ".csr" and the ".key" files will be generated in the current directory:
