Self Signed Certificate with PowerShell

SimpleSelfSignedCert.ps1

# Create certificate -------------------------------------------------------------
$encrptCertFriendlyName = 'myCert'
$pfxPassWord = 'passwordCert'
$location = 'Cert:\LocalMachine\my';

# This command needs to run on a modern powershell (win 10/server 2016, PSVersion >= 5.1)
$cert =  New-SelfSignedCertificate -CertStoreLocation $location -Subject $encrptCertFriendlyName -KeySpec KeyExchange  -NotAfter (Get-Date).AddYears(20) -FriendlyName $encrptCertFriendlyName -Type Custom

$mypwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pfxPassWord -Force -AsPlainText
Export-pfxCertificate -FilePath 'c:\myCert.pfx' -Cert $cert -Password $mypwd 

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