soarez

How to setup your own CA with OpenSSL

For educational reasons I've decided to create my own CA. Here is what I learned.

First things first

Lets get some context first.

Xaekai

/*
**
**  Example of Interprocess communication in Node.js through a UNIX domain socket
**
**  Usage:
**   server>  MODE=server node ipc.example.js
**   client>  MODE=client node ipc.example.js
**
*/

fntlnz

Create Root CA (Done once)

Last update: Nov 2025.

Create Root Key

Attention: this is the key used to sign the certificate requests, anyone holding this can sign certificates on your behalf. So keep it in a safe place!

openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp384r1 | openssl ec -aes256 -out rootCA.key

cpursley

PostgreSQL is Enough

• Simplify: move code into database functions
• Just Use Postgres for Everything
• Just use Postgres
• PostgreSQL is the worlds’ best database
• Postgres is eating the database world
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