View source for OpenSSL Creating a Private Certificate Authority

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== Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ==
#Move to the Certificate Authority directory.
##<tt>'''# cd /etc/pki/CA'''</tt>
##<tt>'''# mkdir csrs'''</tt>
#Create the index.txt and serial files needed for the Certificate Authority.
##<tt>'''# touch /etc/pki/CA/index.txt'''</tt>
##<tt>'''# touch /etc/pki/CA/serial'''</tt>
##<tt>'''# echo 01 > serial'''</tt>
#Copy the existing openssl.cnf to the Certificate Authority directory.
##<tt>'''# cp /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf /etc/pki/CA/.'''</tt>
#Generate the CA Private Key and CA Certificate:
## <tt>'''# cd /etc/pki/CA/'''</tt>
## <tt>'''# openssl req -config openssl.cnf -new -x509 -extensions v3_ca -keyout private/cakey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 36525'''</tt>
#To sign a CSR.
##Upload the <tt>'''<certificate signing request>.csr'''</tt> to <tt>'''/etc/pki/CA/csrs/.'''</tt>
##<tt>'''# cd /etc/pki/CA'''</tt>
##<tt>'''# openssl ca -config openssl.cnf -policy policy_anything -out certs/<certificate>.crt -infiles csrs/<certificate signing request>.csr'''</tt>

== Debian/Ubuntu ==