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Re: Adding OpenSSL certificate user data with parameters

Kadir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use the following command to create a certificate request.
> 
> openssl req -new -nodes -out new-req.pem -keyout new-key.pem
> 
> But this command demands country, state, organization name, email etc.
> information from command line like the following example. I don' t want to
> enter country, state, organization name etc from command line like this
> example. I want to add this information (country, name, email etc) with some
> parameters like "-country TR -state KOCAELI ..."  to openssl command.  How
> can I do this?
> 

you need a openssl config file and then 
call for example:
openssl req -new -nodes -out new-req.pem -keyout new-key.pem -config openssl.cnf

see 
man req

hope that helps

wof
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