

The public key, public.pem, file looks like: -BEGIN PUBLIC KEY. IjohxY3PHruU4vVZa37ITQnco9az6lsy18vbU0bOyK2fEZ2R9XVO8fH11jiV8oGH U8gNhk3NWefTrlSkhY4N+tPP6o7E4t3y40nOA/d9qaqiid+lYcIDB0cJTpZvgeeQ TWtbRhQUCOe4PVSC/Vv1pstvMD/D+E/0L4GQNHxr+xyFxuvILty5lvFTxoAVYpqD ZkinJ/+BOwJ/zUI9GZtwB4JXqbNEE+j7r7/fJO9KxfPp4MPK4YWu0H0EUWONpVwe Ya0GslyRJ5GqMBfDS1cQKne+FvVH圎E2YqEGBcOYhx/JI2soE8aA8W4XffN+DoEy YN+shdBWHYRGYnxRkTatONhcDBIY7sZV7wolYHz/rf7dpYUZf37vdQnYV8FpO1um Ksa8oe0MQi6oEwlMsAxVTXOB1wblTBuSBeaECzTzWE+/DHF+QQfQi8kAjjSdmmMJ MktuaVbaFgBsTS0/us1EqWvCA4REh1Ut/NoA9oG3JFt0lGDstTw1j+orDmIHOmSuħFKYzr0uCz14AkLMSOixdPD1F0YyED1NMVnRVXw77HiAFGmb0CDi2KEg70pEKpn3 Zyj2wMKrTHLfFOpd4OOEun9Gi3srqlKZep7Hj7gNyUwZu1qiBvElmBVmp0HJxT0N Ukf3uc0SA+G3zhmXCM5sMf5OxVjKr5jgcir7kySY5KbmG71omYhczgr4H0qgxYo9 Kh4myIcTtf69BFcu/Wuptm3NaKd1nwk1squR6psvcTXOWII81pstnxNYkrokx4r2ħYVllNruOD+cMDNZbIG2CwT6V9ukIS8tl9EJp8eyb0a1uAEc22BNOjYHPF50beWF LbXCRz3HGazgUPeiwUr06a52vhgT7QuNIUZqdHb4IfCYs2pQTLHzQjAqvVk1mm2D Pigl9ei0hTculPqohvkoc5x1srPBvzHrirGlxOYjW3fc4kDgZpy+6ik5k5g7JWQD MSxGSGalYpzIZ1B5HLQqISgWMXdbt39uMeeooeZjkuI3VIllFjtybecjPR9ZYQPtįFEP1XqNXjLFmGh84TXtvGLWretWM1OZmN8UKKUeATqrr7zuh5AYGAIbXd8BvweL SfOvTqi9edIOfKqvXqTXEhBP8qC7ZtOKLGnryZb7W04SSVrNtuJUFRcLiqu+w/F/ HQhF+wAoLRvMNwwhg+LttL8vXqMDQl3olsWSvWPs6b/MZpB0qwd1bklzA6P+PeAU OVfQ32Oajo496iHRkdIh/7Hho7BNzMYr1GxrYTcE9/Znr6xgeSdNT37CCeCH8cmPĪEAUgSMTeIMVSpILwkKeNvBURic1EWaqXRgPRIWK0vNyOCs/+jNoFISnV4pu1ROFĩ2vayHDNSVw9wHcdSQ75XSE4Msawqv5U1iI7e2lD64uo1qhmJdrPcXDJQCiDbh+F S39F/2h6Ld5IQrGt3gZaBB1aGO+tw3ill1VBy2zGPIDeuSz6DS3GG/oQ2gLSSMP4 V9pgeDfitAhb9lpdjxjjuxRcuQjBfmNVLPF9MFyNOvhrprGNukUh/12oSKO9dFEt LrMAsSjjkKiRxGdgR8p5kZJj0AFgdWYa3OT2snIXnN5+/p7j13PSkseUcrAFyokc The private.pem file looks something like this: -BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY.
#OPENSSL BASE64 PASSWORD#
Be sure to remember this password or the key pair becomes useless. If you select a password for your private key, its file will be encrypted with The generated files are base64-encoded encryption keys in plain text format.
#OPENSSL BASE64 FULL#
The next section shows a full example of what each key file should look like. less public.pem to verify that it starts with a -BEGIN PUBLIC KEY.less private.pem to verify that it starts with a -BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY.You can use less to inspect each of your two files in turn: The key block with a -BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY- or -BEGIN PUBLIC KEY. OpenSSL will clearly explain the nature of It is important to visually inspect you private and public key files to make Is a RSA private key as it starts with -BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY. Output file, in this case private_unencrypted.pem clearly shows that the key To exporting the private key outside of its encrypted wrapper. That changes the meaning of the command from that of exporting the public key The error is that the -pubout was dropped from the end of the command.

Openssl rsa -in private.pem -out private_unencrypted.pem -outform PEM Less public.pem Do Not Run This, it Exports the Private KeyĪ previous version of the post gave this example in error. To check the file from the command line you can use the less command, like this: Public key of the pair and not a private key. This is how you know that this file is the Next open the public.pem and ensure that it starts with Openssl rsa -in private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out public.pem Use this, for instance, on your web server to encrypt content so that it can You need to next extract the public key file. That generates a 2048-bit RSA key pair, encrypts them with a password you provideĪnd writes them to a file. Openssl genrsa -des3 -out private.pem 2048 You can generate a public and private RSA key pair like this: The Commands to Run Generate a 2048 bit RSA Key Validating data in an unattended manner (where the password is not required toĮncrypt) is done with public keys. Is very useful in its own right, the real power of the OpenSSL library is itsĪbility to support the use of public key cryptograph for encrypting or While Encrypting a File with a Password from the Command Line using OpenSSL
