This file replaces the old generate_certs.bat, which provided incorrect information.

To generate certificate chains using the existing roots, you must issue some subset of the following commands:

For DSA Key pairs, first generate a set of DSA key parameters:

# openssl dsaparam -out dsaparam.pem 512

Next, generate a certificate request: (this assumes you are using one of the existing config files)

For DSA Certificates:

# openssl req -newkey dsa:dsaparams.pem -nodes -out dsa.req -keyout dsa.key -config dsa.config -days 3650

For RSA Certificates:

# openssl req -newkey rsa:512 -nodes -out rsa.req -keyout rsa.key -config rsa.config -days 3650

Finally, generate a signed certificate from the request:

# openssl x509 -req -in <request file> -out cert.cer -CA <signing certificate> -CAKey <signing key> -CASerial cert.srl -CAcreateserial -days 3650 -extfile <config file> -extensions v3_ca

For intermediate certificates for use in SWIS, the extensions must be present as defined in this config section:

[v3_ca]

subjectKeyIdentifier=hash

authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer:always

basicConstraints=critical,CA:TRUE, pathlen:5

keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign

If these extensions are not present, and installation signed with the resulting certificate as anything other than the end entity will fail.