HTTPS Generating Private Key and CSR For RapidSSL
December 3rd, 2007 by pyrat- Generate a private key
openssl genrsa -out domainname.key 1024
- Generate a certificate signing request
openssl req -new -key domainname.key -out domainname.csr
When it asks for common name enter the fully qualified domain name. eg. www.racentries.com
May 30th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Remember to use GB for country code if UK. http://www.digicert.com/ssl-certificate-country-codes.htm for a full list.
September 8th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
RapidSSL now use 2048 bits as a minimum, so the private key generation command should now be:
openssl genrsa -out domainname.key 2048