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various:how-to-create-self-signed-certificates [2019/10/22 19:45] Ilias Iliopoulos [Background] |
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| - | We have therefore created **CAkey.pem** which is the private key of our CA and **CAcert.pem** which is the public key of our CA. | + | We have therefore created files **CAkey.pem** which is the private key of our CA and **CAcert.pem** which is the public key of our CA. |
| - | Each CSR that is signed by the CA contains a serial number. The CA maintains in its memory the next serial number. We shall use file **serial.txt** to keep track of this number. | + | Each CSR that is signed by the CA contains a serial number. The CA maintains in its memory the next serial number. We shall use file **file.srl** to keep track of this number. |
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| - | $ echo '01' > serial.txt | + | $ echo '01' > file.srl |
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| ===== Conclusion ===== | ===== Conclusion ===== | ||
| - | Going through the above steps, we have created our own Certificate Authority and we have created our private and public key. If we need additional certificates for more applications or servers, we can go through Steps 2 and 3 as many times as we like. | + | Going through the above steps, we have created our own Certificate Authority and we have created our own self-signed private and public keys. If we need additional certificates for more applications or servers, we can go through Steps 2 and 3 as many times as we like. |
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