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Ilias Iliopoulos [Background]
various:how-to-create-self-signed-certificates [2024/02/02 21:50] (current)
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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.
  
 +~~DISQUS~~
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