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How to setup your own Certificate Authority
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Note: this howto requires the openssl binary, as well as classic
UNIX tools (cat, touch, echo). If you use Windows, please consider
installing Cygwin -- see http://cygwin.com/
1. Configure OpenSSL
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First of all, create sslconf.txt in the current directory
(a basic example is provided at the end of this file).
cat > sslconf.txt <<"EOF"
[paste contents here]
EOF
Then you need to create the database and a starting serial number:
touch index
echo "01" > serial
mkdir newcerts
2. Generate the CA certificate
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openssl req -config sslconf.txt -days 3653 -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-set_serial 0 -text -keyout test-ca.key -out test-ca.crt
3. Generate the private keys and certificate requests
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openssl genrsa -out server1.key 2048
openssl genrsa -out server2.key 2048
openssl genrsa -out client1.key 2048
openssl genrsa -out client2.key 2048
openssl req -config sslconf.txt -new -key server1.key -out server1.req
openssl req -config sslconf.txt -new -key server2.key -out server2.req
openssl req -config sslconf.txt -new -key client1.key -out client1.req
openssl req -config sslconf.txt -new -key client2.key -out client2.req
4. Issue and sign the certificates
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openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -in server1.req -out server1.crt
openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -in server2.req -out server2.crt
openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -in client1.req -out client1.crt
openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -in client2.req -out client2.crt
5. To revoke a certificate and update the CRL
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openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -revoke server1.crt
openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -revoke client1.crt
openssl ca -config sslconf.txt -gencrl -out crl.pem
6. To display a certificate and verify its validity
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openssl x509 -in server2.crt -text -noout
cat test-ca.crt crl.pem > ca_crl.pem
openssl verify -CAfile ca_crl.pem -crl_check server2.crt
rm ca_crl.pem
7. To export a certificate into a .pfx file
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openssl pkcs12 -export -in client2.crt -inkey client2.key \
-out client2.pfx
##================================================================
##============== Example OpenSSL configuration file ==============
##================================================================
# References:
#
# /etc/ssl/openssl.conf
# http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/config.html
# http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/x509v3_config.html
[ ca ]
default_ca = my_ca
[ my_ca ]
certificate = test-ca.crt
private_key = test-ca.key
database = index
serial = serial
new_certs_dir = newcerts
default_crl_days = 60
default_days = 730
default_md = sha1
policy = my_policy
x509_extensions = v3_usr
[ my_policy ]
countryName = optional
stateOrProvinceName = optional
organizationName = match
organizationalUnitName = optional
commonName = supplied
emailAddress = optional
[ req ]
distinguished_name = my_req_dn
x509_extensions = v3_ca
[ my_req_dn ]
countryName = Country Name..............
countryName_min = 2
countryName_max = 2
stateOrProvinceName = State or Province Name....
localityName = Locality Name.............
0.organizationName = Organization Name.........
organizationalUnitName = Org. Unit Name............
commonName = Common Name (required)....
commonName_max = 64
emailAddress = Email Address.............
emailAddress_max = 64
[ v3_ca ]
basicConstraints = CA:TRUE
subjectKeyIdentifier = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier = keyid:always,issuer:always
[ v3_usr ]
basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
subjectKeyIdentifier = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier = keyid,issuer