Certificate generation in Go

cert.go

package main

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"crypto/rsa"
	"crypto/x509"
	"crypto/x509/pkix"
	"encoding/pem"
	"log"
	"math/big"
	"net"
	"os"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	ip := "127.0.0.01"
	hostname := "localhost"

	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 2048)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to generate rsa key: %s", err)
	}

	notBefore := time.Now()
	notAfter := notBefore.Add(365 * 24 * time.Hour)

	serialNumberLimit := new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 128)
	serialNumber, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, serialNumberLimit)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to generate serial number: %s", err)
	}

	template := x509.Certificate{
		SerialNumber: serialNumber,
		Subject: pkix.Name{
			Organization: []string{"Acme Co"},
		},

		NotBefore: notBefore,
		NotAfter:  notAfter,

		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment | x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
		BasicConstraintsValid: true,

		IPAddresses: []net.IP{net.ParseIP(ip)},
		DNSNames:    []string{hostname},
	}

	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create certificate: %s", err)
	}

	certOut, err := os.Create("cert.pem")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to open cert.pem for writing: %s", err)
	}

	pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
	certOut.Close()
	log.Print("written cert.pem\n")

	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile("key.pem", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
	if err != nil {
		log.Print("failed to open key.pem for writing:", err)
		return
	}
	pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(priv)})
	keyOut.Close()
	log.Print("written key.pem\n")
}