Commit 2b67c9d2 authored by Andrew Dunstan's avatar Andrew Dunstan

Simplify docs on creating a self-signed SSL certificate

Discussion: <https://postgr.es/m/72335afb-969b-af84-3fcb-1739e3ed09a6@2ndQuadrant.com>
parent c727f120
...@@ -2389,28 +2389,14 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433 ...@@ -2389,28 +2389,14 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
<title>Creating a Self-signed Certificate</title> <title>Creating a Self-signed Certificate</title>
<para> <para>
To create a quick self-signed certificate for the server, use the To create a quick self-signed certificate for the server, valid for 365
following <productname>OpenSSL</productname> command: days, use the following <productname>OpenSSL</productname> command, using
the local host name in the subject argument:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
openssl req -new -text -out server.req openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -text -out server.crt \
-keyout server.key -subj "/CN=yourdomain.com"
</programlisting> </programlisting>
Fill out the information that <application>openssl</> asks for. Make sure Then do:
you enter the local host name as <quote>Common Name</>; the challenge
password can be left blank. The program will generate a key that is
passphrase protected; it will not accept a passphrase that is less
than four characters long. To remove the passphrase again (as you must
if you want automatic start-up of the server), next run the commands:
<programlisting>
openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out server.key
rm privkey.pem
</programlisting>
Enter the old passphrase to unlock the existing key. Now do:
<programlisting>
openssl req -x509 -in server.req -text -key server.key -out server.crt
</programlisting>
to turn the certificate into a self-signed certificate and to copy
the key and certificate to where the server will look for them.
Finally do:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
chmod og-rwx server.key chmod og-rwx server.key
</programlisting> </programlisting>
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