SSL Certificate 2048 bit generation with OpenSSL
openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout www.examplewebsite.com.key -out www.examplewebsite.com.csr You'll be prompted for a series of questions: Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:AU State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:New South Wales Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Sydney Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:Example Company Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:www.examplewebsite.com Email Address []: Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: An optional company name []: You then upload the contents of the www.examplewebsite.com.csr file to your SSL certificate registrar and they'll send you back your certificate file. You can then plug these into your favorite webserver/application server.
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