Create a SSL Certificate

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Step 1: Creating the private server key.

sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048


Step 2: Creating a certificate signing request:

sudo openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

This command will prompt terminal to display a lists of fields that need to be filled in.

Step 3: Remove the Passphrase:

sudo cp server.key server.key.org
sudo openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key

Step 4: Sign your SSL Certificate

sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt