Test creserver

Create the Server Key and Certificate

Create the Server's Private Key

Enter the command:

openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048

This creates the server's private key (file server.key).

Create a CSR for the Server Certificate

Enter the command:

openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

You will again be prompted for information to be included in the CSR. Example:

Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Florida
Locality Name (eg, city) []:Orlando
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Internet Widgets Pty Ltd
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Server Center
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:localhost
Email Address []:[email protected]

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:password
An optional company name []:

This produces a CSR for the server's certificate (server.csr).

Openssl Housekeeping

Before you can sign any certificates using the Test CA, you must set up a directory structure required by openssl and where signing data is maintained.

Enter the following connands:

mkdir -p demoCA/newcerts
touch demoCA/index.txt
echo "01" > demoCA/serial

Sign the CSR for the Server

Enter the command:

openssl ca -in server.csr -cert TestCA.crt -keyfile TestCA.key -out server.crt

Information about the CSR will be prevented, and you will be prompted whether to sign the certificate or not. You will be prompted a second time to commit the request. An example follows:

Using configuration from /usr/lib/ssl/openssl.cnf
Check that the request matches the signature
Signature ok
Certificate Details:
        Serial Number: 1 (0x1)
        Validity
            Not Before: Mar  4 18:43:37 2012 GMT
            Not After : Mar  4 18:43:37 2013 GMT
        Subject:
            countryName               = US
            stateOrProvinceName       = Florida
            organizationName          = Internet Widgets Pty Ltd
            organizationalUnitName    = Server Center
            commonName                = localhost
            emailAddress              = [email protected]
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Basic Constraints: 
                CA:FALSE
            Netscape Comment: 
                OpenSSL Generated Certificate
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 
                83:40:59:36:F7:59:B9:A8:31:DD:01:4B:16:EA:80:0E:03:BB:12:0D
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier: 
                DirName:/C=US/ST=Florida/L=Orlando/O=Internet Widgets Pty Ltd/OU=Headquarters/CN=localhost/[email protected]
                serial:B6:4A:01:B0:64:DF:4D:2A

Certificate is to be certified until Mar  4 18:43:37 2013 GMT (365 days)
Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y


1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y
Write out database with 1 new entries
Data Base Updated