Manual: make-ssl-cert

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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 tem‐
       plate (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/pri‐
       vate/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	 compatibility	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 ob‐
	      soltete 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 , manual page was written for completeness by Fabio M. Di Nitto , for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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