Create your keys

To generate an RSA public and private key pair in PKCS #8 format perform the following steps in this guide.

• Required tools

Verify that you have OpenSSL installed on your system, open a terminal and type the following command:

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 OpenSSL version

You should see output like below:

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OpenSSL 1.1.1f  31 Mar 2020

Otherwise, see our article on Install OpenSSL.

• Generating your keys

1. Generate your Private / Public RSA keypair:
   

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openssl genrsa -out keypair.pem 4096

2. Extract the private part (this is your private key to use for signed data):
   

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openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform PEM -nocrypt -in keypair.pem -out private.key

3.Extract the public part:

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openssl rsa -in keypair.pem -pubout -out publickey.pub

Notes:

• Save your private key file on a secure storage device. Do not store it on shared or public file storage media.
• The public key you must upload to the system must be of the public key certificate (X.509).

You can continue with your preparations for your integration.