OpenSSL Generating a Certificate Signing Request

Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Apache with mod_ssl Enabled

1. If required follow the Generating a Private SSL Key procedure.
2. For Apache purposes, use the key with no pass phrase to generate the CSR file.
3. Generate the CSR from the private key using openssl.
   1. # openssl req -new -key <key_name>.key -out <csr_name>.csr
4. Enter the information as required by the prompts.
5. Verify the checksum of the key, this will be used to verify the CSR and the self signed-certificate.
   1. # openssl req -noout -modulus -in <csr_name>.csr | openssl md5

Further Reading

1. How to Generate SSL key, CSR, and Self Signed Certificate for Apache