Requirements:
- OpenSSL installed
1. Execute command in command line:
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -keyout privkey.pem -outform PEM -out certreq.pem -nodes
2. The following information is requested:
Country Name (2 letter code): DE (for Germany, always in capital letters)
State or Province Name: Saxony (please do not use abbreviations)
Locality Name: Dresden (your city)
Organization Name: Technische Universitaet Dresden (full organization name)
Organization Unit Name: (please keep blank, will not be included in the certificate)
Common Name: XYZ.tu-dresden.de (complete host name)
Email Address: admin@tu-dresden.de (email address of contact person)
A challenge password: (please keep blank, otherwise your web server may not start automatically)
An optional company name: (please keep blank)
3. The directory now contains the private key (privkey.pem) and the certificate request (certreq.pem)