Series of shell commands to create a self-signed SSL cert for use in a dev environment.

create-self-signed-ssl-cert.sh

# Create self signed cert
# Reference: http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html

# Create key (will prompt for a passphrase. This password will be removed later for convenience)
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048

# Generate CSR
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

# Remove key passphrase
cp server.key server.key.org
openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key

# Generate self-signed certificate (valid for 10 years)
openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

# If a chain file is needed, the original cert can be used as the chain in this case.
# Copy certificate to use as chain file
cp server.crt bundle.crt