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How to generate a CSR.

Author: Clécio Varjão

How-to: Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Using openssl

Generate a passphrase

openssl rand -base64 48 > passphrase.txt

Generate a Private Key

openssl genrsa -aes128 -passout file:passphrase.txt -out server.key 2048

Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)

openssl req -new -passin file:passphrase.txt -key server.key -out server.csr -subj "/C=CA/ST=British Columbia/L=Victoria/O=Government of the Province of British Columbia/OU=FLNRORD/CN=example.gov.bc.ca"