Today I had to install a new SSL certiciate on a Linux web server running NGINX. Below are the steps needed-
(As root) cd /etc/ssl/private
<pre><code class="lang-bash">openssl genrsa -out myprivatekey.key 2048 

openssl req -new -key myprivatekey.key -out CSR.txt
</code></pre>
From there you can copy the txt file to another directory and use Winscp to transfer it to your local device. The method I used is cat CSR.txt and I copied the CSR request details directly within the terminal.

Today I had to install a new SSL certiciate on a Linux web server running NGINX. Below are the steps needed-

**(As root) cd /etc/ssl/private**

```bash
openssl genrsa -out myprivatekey.key 2048  
  
openssl req -new -key myprivatekey.key -out CSR.txt
```

From there you can copy the txt file to another directory and use Winscp to transfer it to your local device. The method I used is **cat CSR.txt** and I copied the CSR request details directly within the terminal.

How to generate a CSR for an SSL certificate in Linux-NGINX

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