Generate SSL

To generate SSL for a website login to that server through SSH


During SSL installation write common name to be domain.com do not add www to it.

replace bum.com with your domain

on /mnt create a folder with domain name(This is done to generate certificate easily after expiration)

[root@india bum.com]# openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout bum.com.key -out bum.com.csr

Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'bum.com.key'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:IN
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Jharkhand
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:ranchi
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:internet
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:technology
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:bum.com
Email Address []:admin@bum.com

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:
[root@india bum.com]# ll
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1054 Sep  6 11:15 bum.com.csr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1675 Sep  6 11:15 bum.com.key