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How to Manually Generate CSR using OpenSSL

Generate Private Key

$ openssl genrsa -out private.key 2048

Generate CSR with Private Key and fill the required fields

$ openssl req -new -key private.key -out csr.txt

You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:ID
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:DKI Jakarta
Locality Name (eg, city) []:Jakarta Pusat
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Your Company
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Your Company Unit
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:*.yourdomain.com
Email Address []:[email protected]

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:
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