Re: Problem with DER private key file into openssl ca

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On 08/21/2017 01:41 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
openssl req -outform $format -config $cadir/openssl-root.cnf -set_serial
0x$(openssl rand -hex $sn)\
       -inform $format -key private/ca.key.$format -subj "$DN"\
       -new -x509 -days 7300 -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out
certs/ca.cert.$format

unable to load Private Key
140492430772088:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start
line:pem_lib.c:707:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY

How do I tell it that the private key is DER?
-inform is used to specify the encoding. You can find the man pages at
https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/apps/. You want the req.html.

And the proper argument is:

-keyform

Thanks

This is sooooo much fun.  Sigh.

Bob

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