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OpenSSL

Dell iDrac 2048 bit CSR

Got an iDRAC card in your Dell server and want to generate a 2048 bit certificate signing request? You’ll need to modify the settings on the DRAC to change it from the default 1024 bit request. SSH into the iDRAC and then type the racadm command as indicated: /admin1-> racadm config -g cfgRacSecurity -o cfgRacSecCsrKeySize [...]

Converting certificates

To convert a pkcs12 certificate into a pem formatted certificate and extract the key openssl pkcs12 -clcerts -nokeys -in input-certificate.p12 -out output-certificate.pem openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -in input-certificate.p12 -out output-key.pem If you need to create a pkcs12 certificate from the of pem certificate and key. openssl pkcs12 -export -out output-certificate.p12 -inkey input-key.pem -in input-certificate.pem