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Use Openssl To Generate Key Pair

The following instructions will guide you through the CSR generation process on Nginx (OpenSSL). To learn more about CSRs and the importance of your private key, reference our Overview of Certificate Signing Request article. If you already generated the CSR and received your trusted SSL certificate, reference our SSL Installation Instructions and disregard the steps below.

To install SSL into the QNAP NAS,you can use the OpenSSL tool to create the CSR and Private key. To generate a pair of private key and public Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for a webserver, 'server', use the following command: openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csr. This creates a two files. The encryption param of openssl genrsa command is used to specify which algorithm to use for encrypting your private key (using the password you specify). CSR (Certificate Signing Request) includes your public key and some additional public information to be included into certificate. CSR never includes a private key. Generating a CSR on Windows using OpenSSL. Step 1: Install OpenSSL on your Windows PC; Step 2: OpenSSL Configuration Steps; Step 3: Generate the CSR Code; During SSL setup, if you’re on a Windows-based system, there may be times when you need to generate your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Private key outside the Windows keystore. If what you give at the beginning is your new certificate, you must create the 2 files my.server.net.pem and.key by putting the part inside BEGIN PRIVATE KEY/END PRIVATE KEY (including these lines) in the.key file, and the next part (with the headers) in the.pem file. However for Apache2 TLS to work at the end it also depends on the CN. Microsoft Servers: Create ECC CSR and Install ECC SSL Certificate. Before generating an ECC CSR (Elliptic Curve Cryptography Certificate Signing Request) and ordering an ECC SSL Certificate form COMODO, make sure that your environment is compatible with ECC SSL Certificates. On the Private Key.

1. Log in to your server’s terminal.

You will want to log in via Secure Shell (SSH).

2. Enter CSR and Private Key command

Generate a private key and CSR by running the following command:

Openssl Generate Key From Csr

Here is the plain text version to copy and paste into your terminal:

Note:Replace “server ” with the domain name you intend to secure.

3. Enter your CSR details

Enter the following CSR details when prompted:

Common Name: The FQDN (fully-qualified domain name) you want to secure with the certificate such as www.google.com, secure.website.org, *.domain.net, etc.
Organization: The full legal name of your organization including the corporate identifier.
Organization Unit (OU): Your department such as ‘Information Technology’ or ‘Website Security.’
City or Locality: The locality or city where your organization is legally incorporated. Do not abbreviate.
State or Province: The state or province where your organization is legally incorporated. Do not abbreviate.
Country: The official two-letter country code (i.e. US, CH) where your organization is legally incorporated.

Note: You are not required to enter a password or passphrase. This optional field is for applying additional security to your key pair.

4. Generate the order

Locate and open the newly created CSR in a text editor such as Notepad and copy all the text including:

Note 1: Your CSR should be saved in the same user directory that you SSH into unless otherwise specified by you.

Note 2: We recommend saving or backing up your newly generate “.key ” file as this will be required later during the installation process.

Openssl Generate Private Key Csr

Return to the Generation Form on our website and paste the entire CSR into the blank text box and continue with completing the generation process.

Upon generating your CSR, your order will enter the validation process with the issuing Certificate Authority (CA) and require the certificate requester to complete some form of validation depending on the certificate purchased. For information regarding the different levels of the validation process and how to satisfy the industry requirements, reference our validation articles.