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Below are all the commands you will need to prepare your website for SSL encryption.

General OpenSSL Commands

Generate a new private key and Certificate Signing Request.

openssl req -out CSR.csr -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout privateKey.key

Generate a self-signed certificate.

openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout privateKey.key -out certificate.crt

Generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for an existing private key.

openssl req -out CSR.csr -key privateKey.key -new

Generate a certificate signing request based on an existing certificate.

openssl x509 -x509toreq -in certificate.crt -out CSR.csr -signkey privateKey.key

Remove a passphrase from a private key.

openssl rsa -in privateKey.pem -out newPrivateKey.pem

Checking Using OpenSSL

Check a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

openssl req -text -noout -verify -in CSR.csr

Check a private key.

openssl rsa -in privateKey.key -check

Check a certificate.

openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -text -noout

Check a PKCS#12 file (.pfx or .p12).

openssl pkcs12 -info -in keyStore.p12

Debugging Using OpenSSL

Check an MD5 hash of the public key to ensure that it matches with what is in a CSR or private key.

openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in certificate.crt | openssl md5
openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in privateKey.key | openssl md5
openssl req -noout -modulus -in CSR.csr | openssl md5

Check an SSL connection. All the certificates (including Intermediates) should be displayed.

openssl s_client -connect www.paypal.com:443

Converting Using OpenSSL

Convert a DER file (.crt .cer .der) to PEM.

openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem

Convert a PEM file to DER.

openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem -out certificate.der

Convert a PKCS#12 file (.pfx .p12) containing a private key and certificates to PEM.

openssl pkcs12 -in keyStore.pfx -out keyStore.pem -nodes

Convert a PEM certificate file and a private key to PKCS#12 (.pfx .p12).

openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privateKey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile CACert.crt