During SSL setup, if you’re using a Windows-based system, there might be occasions where you need to generate your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Private Key outside the Windows keystore. This can be beneficial, for instance, if you wish to back up your SSL certificate or import it to multiple servers. Here are the steps you’ll follow to generate a CSR using the OpenSSL application tool:
Step 1: Install OpenSSL on your Windows PC
1.1 ។ ចុច នៅទីនេះ និងរុករកទៅកាន់ឯកសារ Third Party OpenSSL Related Binary Distributions តារាង។
ចំណាំ: we recommend this Binaries list as it gives options to download the ready-to-run executable application files. This is more convenient than downloading ឯកសារគោលពីរ ពីទំព័រ គេហទំព័រផ្លូវការ.
1.2. Select one of the OpenSSL for Windows options by choosing the Description that applies to you.
1.3. You’ll find a download section like this ឧទាហរណ៍ where you scroll down and see Download Win32/Win64 OpenSSL. Download the latest Light OpenSSL depending on your Windows version i.e. ‘Win32’ or ‘Win64’. If you don’t know what Windows you have, download 32-bit OpenSSL.
1.4. Double click to start the installation, and follow the steps. Once done, you’ll have the OpenSSL application installed on the server. Here are some of the setup screens you’ll see:
ចំណាំ: by default, the OpenSSL base folder will be downloaded to the C Drive on your PC. It will be named after the OpenSSL version you selected.
Step 2: OpenSSL Configuration Steps
2.1 ។ បើក Cmd (Windows command line). To do this, press win+R on your keyboard. Then type cmd ហើយចុច OK.
Next, you’ll see the cmd terminal:
2.2. Go to the OpenSSL base folder by running (adding) the following command in the cmd:
cd *OpenSSL base folder*
ចំណាំ: the path to the location of the installed OpenSSL base folder in your PC will look something like C:\OpenSSL-Win32 or C:\OpenSSL-Win64.
2.3. Now run the following command in the cmd:
set OPENSSL_CONF=*OpenSSL base folder*\bin\openssl.cfg
2.4. ចាប់ផ្ដើមកុំព្យូទ័ររបស់អ្នកឡើងវិញ ដើម្បីអនុវត្តការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ។
Step 3: Generate the CSR Code
3.1. Go to the subfolder \bin of your OpenSSL folder by running this command:
ស៊ីឌីប៊ី
3.2. Generate the CSR code and Private key for your certificate by running this command:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server_csr.txt
ចំណាំ: server.key and server_csr.txt are the Private key and the CSR code files. Feel free to use any file names, as long as you keep the .key and .txt extensions.
ទិព្វ: if you want to generate the Private key and CSR code in another location from the get go, skip step 3.1. and replace the openssl part of the command with *OpenSSL base folder*\bin\openssl.exe:
*OpenSSL base folder*\bin\openssl.exe req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout *Some path*\server.key -out *Some path*\server_csr.txt
3.3. Fill in the required fields:
- ប្រទេស: use a valid 2-letter country-code.
- រដ្ឋឬខេត្ត: Use your state or Province name, or use the Locality name if you have none.
- Locality or City: ប្រើទីក្រុង ទីក្រុង ឬឈ្មោះតំបន់ផ្សេងទៀត។
- ក្រុមហ៊ុន: ប្រើឈ្មោះក្រុមហ៊ុន/អង្គការរបស់អ្នក ឬដាក់ NA (មិនអាចអនុវត្តបាន)។
- អង្គភាពរៀបចំ: ប្រើអង្គភាព ឬឈ្មោះនាយកដ្ឋានរបស់អ្នក ឬដាក់ NA (មិនអាចអនុវត្តបាន)។
- ឈ្មោះទូទៅ: put your ឈ្មោះដែនត្រឹមត្រូវ name here (i.e. www.example.com or example.com), put *.domain_name (i.e. *.example.com) if you are using a Wildcard type SSL.
ចំណាំ: for ‘Email Address’, ‘challenge password’ and ‘optional company name’, simply press Enter to leave them empty, as these are the legacy fields.
Alternatively, you can run the following command with all parameters already listed. Replace the default information with the actual values in the command before you copy-paste it to the cmd and press បញ្ចូល:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server_csr.txt -subj “/C=*Country*/ST=*State or Province*/L=*Locality or City*/O=*Company*/OU=*Organizational unit*/CN=*Common Name*”
3.4. This will create a Private key (.key) and a CSR code (.txt) files in the *OpenSSL base folder*\bin. Open the CSR file directly with any text editor, or with Notepad ការប្រើប្រាស់ពាក្យបញ្ជានេះ៖
notepad server_csr.txt
3.5. Copy the created code, including —–BEGIN CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST—– និង —–END CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST—– ទៅ activate your SSL Certificate.
ចំណាំ: if the CSR was generated this way but the certificate needs to be installed on a Windows server (i.e. IIS), you’ll need to generate the PFX file from the certificate and Private key. To do that, use this command:
openssl pkcs12 -export -out *your certificate*.pfx -inkey server.key -in *your certificate*.p7b
Or instead of that command you can use an online tool like this https://ssl-checker.1byte.com/ssl-converter. Then go ahead and ការនាំចូល it onto the Windows server.