OpenSSL

Manipulation

Generate

# generate a new private key and certificate signing request
openssl req -out chorke.csr -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes \
-keyout chorke.key

#generate a self-signed certificate 
openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-keyout privateKey.key -out certificate.crt

Check/Verify

# check a certificate signing request(csr)
openssl req -text -noout -verify -in chorke.csr

# check a private key
openssl rsa -check -in chorke.key

# check a certificate
openssl x509 -text -noout -in chorke.crt

# check a pkcs#12 file (.pfx or .p12)
# openssl pkcs12 -info -in chorke.p12
openssl pkcs12 -info -nokeys -passin \
pass:password -in  chorke.pfx

Debug

# check an MD5 hash of the public key
openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in chorke.crt | openssl md5
openssl rsa  -noout -modulus -in chorke.key | openssl md5
openssl req  -noout -modulus -in chorke.csr | openssl md5

# check an ssl connection. all the certs including Intermediates
openssl s_client -connect api.chorke.org:5443/soap/services

Conversion

openssl x509 -inform  der -in chorke.cer -out chorke.pem
openssl x509 -outform der -in chorke.pem -out chorke.der

# openssl pkcs12 -nodes -in chorke.pfx -out chorke.pem
# above pattern not working password might be required
openssl pkcs12 -nodes -passin pass:password \
-in chorke.pfx -out chorke.pem

# convert private key to pkcs#12 file (.pfx or .p12)
openssl pkcs12 -export -out chorke.pfx -inkey chorke.key \
-in chorke.crt -certfile rootca.crt

References

• Common Most OpenSSL Commands
• import a public SSL certificate into a JVM
• Create and Install an Apache Self Signed Certificate
• Convert a *.pfx or *.p12 to a seperate *.key or *.crt
• Configuring Java CAPS for SSL Support
• How to use .key and .crt file in java?
• How to convert .csr to .cer?
• OpenSSL Essentials