View the details of a certificate signing request with OpenSSL

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Once a certificate signing request (CSR) is created, it is possible to view the detailed information used to create the request.


To view the details of the certificate signing request contained in the file server.csr, use:

openssl req -noout -text -in server.csr

 

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  1. none said on January 8, 2012

    # # openssl req -noout -text -in example.com.csr
    unable to load X509 request
    3305:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:650:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST

    Damn.

 

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