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#This is just a listing of the commands for generating your SSL certificates
#Run these commands one at a time from inside your ~/ssl folder
#Make sure you create your server.csr.cnf and your v3.ext files first inside the same folder
#private key generation
#This will ask you for a passphrase(password) do NOT lose this file or the password
openssl genrsa -des3 -out ~/ssl/rootCA.key 2048
#create root certificate
openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key ~/ssl/rootCA.key -sha256 -days 1024 -out ~/ssl/rootCA.pem
#create the private key for the certificate (server.key)
openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out server.csr -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout server.key -config <(cat server.csr.cnf)
#generate server.crt
openssl x509 -req -in server.csr -CA ~/ssl/rootCA.pem -CAkey ~/ssl/rootCA.key -CAcreateserial -out server.crt -days 500 -sha256 -extfile v3.ext
#verify that you did everything right
openssl x509 -text -in server.crt -noout
@lukecarazzo
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Hi

Do you have the same but for MAMP for Windows and using commands from CMD

@prof3ssorSt3v3
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Sorry no.

@deltakid
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The other lines worked fine, but when I run "openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out server.csr -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout server.key -config <(cat server.csr.cnf)", I get the following error?

error on line 14 of /dev/fd/11
4453039724:error:0EFFF065:configuration file routines:CRYPTO_internal:missing equal sign:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-47.11.1/libressl-2.8/crypto/conf/conf_def.c:344:line 14

Not sure what I am doing wrong or where to start. I apologize for bugging you, as you where so good to help, but not sure where to turn.

@elbouzi
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elbouzi commented Apr 18, 2020

I have the same issue when last command :
Error opening Certificate server.crt
4564059756:error:02FFF002:system library:func(4095):No such file or directory:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-22.260.1/libressl-2.6/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:255:fopen('server.crt', 'r')
4564059756:error:20FFF002:BIO routines:CRYPTO_internal:system lib:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-22.260.1/libressl-2.6/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:257:
unable to load certificate

Any help ??

@yurigoul
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yurigoul commented May 13, 2020

Make sure to give both server.crt (the file you want to create) and server.csr.cnf (the file you are ) referencing the proper path, you can replace YOURUSERNAME with your username in the terminal but remember it is case sensitive:

openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out /Users/YOURUSERNAME/ssl/server.csr -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout server.key -config <(cat /Users/YOURUSERNAME/ssl/server.csr.cnf)

EDIT: do the same with the next one for V3.ext and the file you want to create - otherwise the file you create will not show up in the folder - and also use the folder path for the command where you check the validity

EDIT2: check if you use SSL or ssl as your folder name since it is case sensitive

@dereknorton
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I have the same issue when last command :
Error opening Certificate server.crt
4564059756:error:02FFF002:system library:func(4095):No such file or directory:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-22.260.1/libressl-2.6/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:255:fopen('server.crt', 'r')
4564059756:error:20FFF002:BIO routines:CRYPTO_internal:system lib:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-22.260.1/libressl-2.6/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:257:
unable to load certificate

Any help ??

If you are manually typing from the video, notice that he made a typo - it should be rootCA.pem not rootCA.prem - it's fixed on the commands above, but misspelled in the video. Change the extension and you're good to go.

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I have the same issue:

RMochel@mochelMac ssl % openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out /Users/RMochel/ssl/server.csr -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout server.key -config <(cat /Users/RMochel/ssl/server.csr.cnf)
error on line 14 of /dev/fd/11
4543200876:error:0EFFF065:configuration file routines:CRYPTO_internal:missing equal sign:/AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/libressl/libressl-47.140.1/libressl-2.8/crypto/conf/conf_def.c:344:line 14
RMochel@mochelMac ssl %

Any feedback wold be appreciated...

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