RE: [users@httpd] Generating SSL Certificate Request/Self-Signed Certificate

["Nelson, Robert D." <RD...@Mail.Donaldson.com>]

Robert:

> After running the following command:
> 
> openssl req -new -key
> /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/ssl.key/server.key -x509 -days 365
> -out /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/ssl.crt/server.csr
> 
> ... I get the error:
> 
> Unable to load config info
> 
> I am running NetBSD V2 and Apache2.  I cannot find a
> conf file that might load this information nor a doc
> list of env params that might facilitate this (the
> command does not prompt for info).  I've been looking
> through both the Apache2 docs and the openssl man
> pages...  anyone have ideas?

The flag is '-config', so the command should look something like this:

openssl req -new -config /location/of/your/openssl.cnf -key
/usr/pkg/etc/httpd/ssl.key/server.key -x509 -days 365 -out
/usr/pkg/etc/httpd/ssl.crt/server.csr

BTW, OpenSSL is possibly the worst documented program I've ever used. I've
spent more than my fair share googleing for tutorials and tips-n-tricks.
Does anyone out there have any time to pitch in with that project? I'm sure
everyone would appreciate your efforts.

 ~ Robert


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