make-ssl-cert(8)

NAME
make-ssl-cert - Debconf wrapper for openssl

SYNOPSIS
make-ssl-cert [OPTION]... template output-combined-key-certificate
make-ssl-cert [OPTION]... template output-key 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(s).
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 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 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@debian.org>, manual page was written for completeness by Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).