openssl的配置文件：/etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
三种策略：匹配、支持和可选。匹配：指要求申请填写的信息跟CA设置信息必须一致；支持：指必须填写这项申请信息；可选：指可有可无。
实验环境：需要两台主机，我这里用主机A（Centos6:ip为172.17.250.83）创建CA并给其他主机提供CA服务；主机B（Centos7:ip为172.17.253.204）为httpd服务器，用来申请证书。
1、首先看一下配置文件的部分内容，其中以下内容在创建CA时是必须要写的：
dir = /etc/pki/CA # Where everything is kept certs = $dir/certs # Where the issued certs are kept crl_dir = $dir/crl # Where the issued crl are kept database = $dir/index.txt # database index file. #unique_subject = no # Set to ‘no‘ to allow creation of # several ctificates with same subject. new_certs_dir = $dir/newcerts # default place for new certs. certificate = $dir/cacert.pem # The CA certificate serial = $dir/serial # The current serial number crlnumber = $dir/crlnumber # the current crl number # must be commented out to leave a V1 CRL crl = $dir/crl.pem # The current CRL private_key = $dir/private/cakey.pem # The private key
2、根据配置文件的需要创建必须的文件。
[root@Centos6 ~]#touch /etc/pki/CA/index.txt #生成证书索引数据库的文件 [root@Centos6 ~]#echo 01 > /etc/pki/CA/serial #指定第一个颁发证书的序列号 [root@Centos6 ~]#tree /etc/pki/CA/ /etc/pki/CA/ ├── certs ├── crl ├── index.txt ├── newcerts ├── private └── serial 4 directories, 2 files
注意：创建的这两个文件，包括接下的实验里创建的文件名一定要与配置文件中的文件名一样。
3、在主机A（Centos6）上创建CA服务，并自签证书
（1）生成私钥
[root@Centos6 ~]#(umask 066;openssl genrsa -out private/cakey.pem -des3 4096) #-des3是对文件进行加密
注意：用小括号说明是在子shell中执行括号内的命令，不会影响父shell的设置；将umask设置为066是为了防止其他人有权限查看和修改生成的私钥；在4096前还可以给私钥加上加密算法，比如des3、 rsa等，本例子用了des3加密。
可以看一下加密过后的部分文本：
（2）生成自签证书
[root@Centos6 ~]#openssl req -new -x509 -key private/cakey.pem -days 3650 -out cacert.pem
其中：-new: 生成新证书签署请求
-x509: 专用于CA生成自签证书
-key: 生成请求时用到的私钥文件
-days n：证书的有效期限
-out /PATH/TO/SOMECERTFILE: 证书的保存路径
查看一下证书的部分加密文本：
（3）把cacert.pem文件传输到windows上，由于在windows上不能识别.pem为后缀的文本，所以这里我们要把该文本改成以.cer为后缀的文本，修改后的文件图标为
。
在windows上打开证书看一下。
4、在需要使用证书的主机B（Centos7）上生成证书请求
（1）给httpd服务生成私钥
[root@Centos7 ~]#(umask 066;openssl genrsa -out /etc/pki/tls/private/test.key -des3 4096) Generating RSA private key, 4096 bit long modulus ..........................................................++ ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Enter pass phrase for /etc/pki/tls/private/test.key: Verifying - Enter pass phrase for /etc/pki/tls/private/test.key:
（2）生成证书申请文件
[root@Centos7 ~]#openssl req -new -key /etc/pki/tls/private/test.key -days 3650 -out /etc/pki/tls/test.pem
（3）将证书请求文件传输给CA
[root@Centos7 ~]#scp /etc/pki/tls/test.pem @172.17.250.83:/etc/pki/tls/ The authenticity of host ‘172.17.250.83 (172.17.250.83)‘ can‘t be established. RSA key fingerprint is 09:52:06:53:a1:13:99:f3:b9:5c:5f:0a:c4:b6:1c:ed. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added ‘172.17.250.83‘ (RSA) to the list of known hosts. root@172.17.250.83‘s password: test.pem 100% 1736 1.7KB/s 00:00
5、在主机A（Centos6）上签署证书，并颁发给证书申请者（主机B）
（1）签署证书
[root@Centos6 ~]#openssl ca -in /etc/pki/tls/test.pem -out /etc/pki/CA/certs/test.crt -days 3650 Using configuration from /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf Enter pass phrase for /etc/pki/CA/private/cakey.pem: Check that the request matches the signature Signature ok Certificate Details: Serial Number: 1 (0x1) Validity Not Before: Sep 12 23:04:23 2017 GMT Not After : Sep 10 23:04:23 2027 GMT Subject: countryName = CN stateOrProvinceName = HeNan organizationName = Linuxca.org organizationalUnitName = dev commonName = linuxca emailAddress = 15243@qq.com X509v3 extensions: X509v3 Basic Constraints: CA:FALSE Netscape Comment: OpenSSL Generated Certificate X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 97:B6:0A:0A:70:C6:FB:29:BB:B9:4A:26:98:3E:73:8B:20:F4:37:5E X509v3 Authority Key Identifier: keyid:73:E2:DE:70:0B:9E:6B:FA:DD:5F:16:D5:0B:38:D2:A5:A0:2E:B4:D6 Certificate is to be certified until Sep 10 23:04:23 2027 GMT (3650 days) Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y 1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y Write out database with 1 new entries Data Base Updated
（2）把证书颁发给主机B（Centos7）
[root@Centos6 CA]#scp certs/test.crt @172.17.253.204:/etc/pki/CA/ The authenticity of host ‘172.17.253.204 (172.17.253.204)‘ can‘t be established. RSA key fingerprint is 91:d3:76:ba:60:12:0d:13:9b:93:6a:39:71:18:fe:65. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added ‘172.17.253.204‘ (RSA) to the list of known hosts. root@172.17.253.204‘s password: test.crt 100% 7311 7.1KB/s 00:00
（3）在主机B（Centos7）上查看证书中的信息，
openssl x509 -in /PATH/FROM/CERT_FILE
-text|issuer|subject|serial|dates
opensslca -status SERIAL查看指定编号的证书状态
[root@Centos7 CA]#openssl x509 -in test.crt -text
至此，CA的创建和申请、颁发就完成了。
原文地址：http://jieruma.blog.51cto.com/13158701/1968010
