HTTPS Generating Private Key and CSR For RapidSSL

December 03, 2007

  • 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