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Create Root CA certs with openssl
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openssl-create-CA.sh
# Create the Root CA private key
## ref> https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/apps/genrsa.html
openssl genrsa -out myRootCA.key 4096
# Generate the Root CA certificate signed with the private key
## ref> https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/apps/req.html
openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key myRootCA.key -days 3650 -out myRootCA.pem
# Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:AU
# State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:NSW
# Locality Name (eg, city) []:Sydney
# Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]: MY-DEV-CA
# Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: dev
# Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []: my-dev-ca
# Email Address []: my@email.com
# Pacakge your public and private key in a pkcs12 encripted file (to install with certmgr on windows)
## ref> https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/apps/pkcs12.html
openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey myRootCA.key -in myRootCA.pem -out myRootCA.pfx
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ghost commented Sep 4, 2017

This script creates CA or only key and cert? The pfx is my CA? I can use the created files with apache server?

(sorry, my English is very bad)

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