How to create a self-signed certificate

Owned by Alessandro Rovetto
Last updated: 08.11.2022
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If you need for test purpose to generate a self-signed certificate you can use the following procedure.

  • Download the following ini file, changing IP address and hostname

  • Run the following openSSL command

    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout nginx.key -out nginx.crt -days 3650 -nodes -config cert.ini

Substitutes the generate file nginx.key and nginx.crt with the one present in nginx folder (C:\Program Files\nginx\conf\certs) and restart nginx service

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