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make-ssl-cert(8)                       System Manager's Manual                      make-ssl-cert(8)



NAME
       make-ssl-cert - Debconf wrapper for openssl

SYNOPSIS
       make-ssl-cert [OPTION]... template output-certificate
       make-ssl-cert [OPTION]... generate-default-snakeoil

DESCRIPTION
       make-ssl-cert  is a simple debconf to openssl wrapper to create self-signed certificates.  It
       requires a source template (Ex: /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf) and it  will  place  the  new
       generated certificate in the specified output file.
       Invoked   with   "generate-default-snakeoil",   it   will  generate  /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-
       snakeoil.pem and /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options are included below.

       --force-overwrite
              Always create a new certificate, even if the file already exists.  For backwards  com‐
              patibility with 1.0.x, this option can be given as last argument, too.

       --no-overwrite
              Never  overwrite  an  existing  file,  even if the old certificate's key length is too
              small or if it uses an obsoltete signature algorithm.

       --expiration-days N
              Make the new certificate expire in N days.  Default is 3650.

SEE ALSO
       openssl(1)

AUTHOR
       The program author is Thom May <thom AT debian.org>, manual page was written for completeness by
       Fabio  M.  Di Nitto <fabbione AT fabbione.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
       by others).



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