Creating a private key (.key file)

Service Processor 3 (SVP3) Technical Reference

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MK-97HM85049-05

A private key is required to create an SSL keypair.

  1. Download and install the openssl.exe file from the OpenSSL website.
    In the following example, the openssl.exe file is installed to the c:\openssl folder.
  2. If the read-only attribute is set, remove this attribute from the c:\openssl folder.
  3. Open a command prompt.
  4. Move the current directory to the folder to which the key file is output, such as c:\key.
  5. Execute the following command: c:\key > c:\openssl\bin\openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048
    A file called server.key is created in the c:\key folder. This file becomes the private key.