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Condensed instructions are as follows:

  1. Wiki MarkupGather the following information from the existing certificate Country Name (2 letter code) \[AU\]:CA State or Province Name (full name) \[Some-State\]:Ontario Locality Name (eg, city) \[\]:Toronto Organization Name (eg, company) \[Internet Widgits Pty Ltd\]:The Planet Earth Incorporated Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) \[\]:Earth Defence Common Name (eg, YOUR name) \[\]:www.earth.com Email Address \[\]:admin@earth.comGather all required information from the existing certificate
  2. Run openssl to generate a new server private key
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    openssl genrsa -out www.example.com_server.key 2048
    
  3. Generate a CSR with the private key
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    openssl req -new -key www.example.com_server.key -out www.example.com_server.csr
    
  4. Submit the CSR to your root CA to be signed.

Refer to [creating a new CSR|bonsai:4.4 Apache and SSL Certificates] for more details.