OpenSSL Generating a Certificate Signing Request
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Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
Apache with mod_ssl Enabled
- Generate the CSR from the private key using openssl.
- # openssl req -new -key <private key name>.key -out <csr name>.csr
- Enter the information as required by the prompts.
- Verify the checksum of the key, this will be used to verify the CSR and the self signed certificate.
- # openssl req -noout -modulus -in <CSR.csr> | openssl md5