Need some help signing a certificate request

[rgordey at centerprism.com]

I figured it out:  openssl req -new -key private_key.pem -out req.pem -outform PEM  -subj /CN=%COMPUTERNAME%/O=server/ -nodes

Thanks for you comment.

-----Original Message-----
From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of Keine Eile
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 1:46 PM
To: openssl-users at openssl.org
Subject: Re: Need some help signing a certificate request

Hi rgordey at centerprism.com,

the substitution for your CA did not work: 'Subject: CN = $(hostname), O = server'.
My recommendation, if you are not familiar with openssl and the command line would be, use XCA, there is a Windows version available.
-> https://hohnstaedt.de/xca/


Am 21.08.21 um 19:28 schrieb rgordey at centerprism.com:
> The req.pem contents:
> 
> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
> MIICbDCCAVQCAQAwJzEUMBIGA1UEAwwLJChob3N0bmFtZSkxDzANBgNVBAoMBnNl
> cnZlcjCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAKXeMnFZM4+aAtyb
> YJwau1WLdAFxtlNiLKPZ6WdX0cGyEFeMa9DG+f6R6ZBn6ifwiae8KJmK+maeN5Th
> +NKKYRvJQaNo5h/62lqJMjuLDZqS9B+WtPmu7ZwWqltIIysmROHOPILGTLnypYNO
> g48pThDDEM+2WL6FfqB7zFApjVI893tC7q+YW4ZvRvcC+mdasEJY2lrbPZsnPofL
> l3K/hQRMw04Ta3WpvF1GkNJTCZ+dNo65LCMlSArRzIwvap1OlQV8oRaKVMMIqbR7
> WsxOZkwinaDnhyJJcISsemv/dkYqG+lXRGoJUOEl+8kP4bGN4zsLz5EC5v8Eggzm
> kHc2I4kCAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4IBAQBZmrwQpKqZppdX0x0v3AMm
> gakW7cBqN99XcltasciDwt0UTIva42DGkNtXSizy40TsNZwPyu7ZRKx6AnRQ4KWY
> whKZNUXl1VxcctR/7lW5aR58dDTeiCRZRhk6vMfIYVLPlI+GmCvlS+6s9rV48LHx
> /tn3kHh+dskO7+D1f5xy9/A8oWhRsSurkXREuk9v22dgkgBDTbafszb/4F1V4yQN
> 6zB7R6UIkzMZ9pVUImV2vjbs2y6bqxes8/t3tQTzfz2P3RfM2LPqgX3nPU80vK/Q
> SrRacEUzOrinThIZ4Wvv0Mjlg7BLbIdOFJkVerYzZKN8kg4V1N3HNR13iP5EuJuv
> -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of 
> Michael Wojcik
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 1:22 PM
> To: openssl-users at openssl.org
> Subject: RE: Need some help signing a certificate request
> 
>> From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of 
>> rgordey at centerprism.com
>> Sent: Saturday, 21 August, 2021 09:48
> 
>> Thanks for the comment. I have tried both `/` and `\` with no change.
> 
> Most or all Windows APIs, and most programs, support the forward slash as a directory separator. The exceptions are mostly the cmd.exe built-ins.
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 09:21 <mailto:rgordey at centerprism.com> wrote 
>> When I type ‘openssl ca -config .\openssl.cnf -in ../server/req.pem 
>> -out
> 
> We need to see the contents of openssl.cnf. It might also help to have the CSR (req.pem). Since a CSR doesn't contain the private key (the CA should never see the private key), this is safe to share.
> 
> --
> Michael Wojcik
>