make-ssl-cert8

Usage

Overview

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 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.