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Open SSL common operations

Generate a new Private key and Certificate Signing Request

$ openssl req -out server.csr -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key

Generate a self-signed certificate and private key

$ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout server.key -out server.crt

Generate a certificate signing request for an existing private key

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

Check a certificate

$ openssl x509 -in server.crt -text -noout

Remove password from RSA key

$ openssl rsa -in private.key -out private.nocrypt.key
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