modulus.io SSL need key file?

Question

I would like to get SSL running on my subdomain api.rofulus.com

I checked out https://modulus.io/codex/projects/ssl

I created a certificate and key with:

openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csrls

I registered me on namecheap an bought a positiveSSL

https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/domain-validation.aspx

I uploaded the content of the server file to namecheap and I received 3 files:

api_rofulus_com.crt PositiveSSLCA2.crt AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt

But for custom SSL I need content of a key file. But my myserver.key is empty. So where or how can I get the key?

Thanks for help!

Answer 1

By using this command you have created certificate request server.csr:

openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csr

To see the contents of the request you can use:

openssl req -noout -text -in server.csr

Then you have uploaded server.csr to namecheap and got your certificates.

If your private key (myserver.key) is empty then i think you somehow corrupted it. You can reissue you certificate with the new key and certificate request. Drop a line to namecheap support, i think they can resolve this situation.