Create a certificate

This procedure allows you to create a certificate.

1. Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR):

   $ openssl req -new -out MyCert.csr

   Follow the instructions to create the CSR. This command also creates a privkey.pem file containing the RSA private key of the CSR certificate that is protected by a password you provide.
2. Remove the private key password (Optional):

   $ openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out MyCert.pem

   Note: The unprotected private key is output in MyCert.pem.
3. Create a certificate from the CSR that is trusted by the Certificate Authority:

   $ openssl x509 -in MyCert.csr -out MyCert.crt -req -signkey MyCert.pem
    -CA MyCA.crt -CAkey MyCA.pem -days 365

   Note: About the CSR and its private key:

   • If you want an official Certificate Authority, you must send the CSR file to one of the self-established Certificate Authority companies on the Internet (instead of creating it with openssl. See Encryption and authentication).

   • The CSR file is also used to encrypt messages that only its corresponding private key can decrypt.