Name | Explanation | Examples |
---|---|---|
Common Name | The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your server. This must match exactly what you type in your web browser or you will receive a name mismatch error. | *.google.com mail.google.com |
Organization | The legal name of your organization. This should not be abbreviated and should include suffixes such as Inc, Corp, or LLC. | Google Inc. |
Organizational Unit | The division of your organization handling the certificate. | Information Technology IT Department |
City/Locality | The city where your organization is located. | Mountain View |
State/County/Region | The state/region where your organization is located. This shouldn't be abbreviated. | California |
Country | The two-letter ISO code for the country where your organization is location. | US GB |
Email address | An email address used to contact your organization. | [email protected] |
Public Key | The public key that will go into the certificate. | The public key is created automatically |
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -out servername.csr -keyout servername.key
openssl req -in server.csr -noout -text