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jake commented on this post about 5 years agovirtualmin virtual server unable to generate CSR create signing request and produce private key -- error ---- enerating self-signed certificate and private key ..
Failed to generate CSR : OpenSSL error creating private key :
sh: 1: openssl: not found
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They'reFirst, if you aren't already, I'd suggest looking into Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates. They're free, and will be renewed automatically.
They're available in Server Configuration -> SSL Certificates -> Let's Encrypt.
That said, if you're looking to use a commercial SSL cert, you'd need to be sure that the "openssl" command is installed.
What output do you receive when running this command on your server:
which openssl
dpkg -l openssl More ...
which openssl
dpkg -l openssl
[sudo] password for ....:
root@Hi thanks or getting back to me -- here is what i got when I ran the commands you gave
which openssl
dpkg -l openssl
[sudo] password for ....:
root@example:~# which openssl
root@example:~# dpkg -l openssl
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii openssl 1.1.0h-2.0+u amd64 Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cr
root@example:~#
I will like to know how to research and implement let's encrypt provided it is reliable but as of now I have already paid for comodo renewal and used the CSR generated using the terminal but i guessed this will not work on virtualmin as I have no private key yet.
Please assist on how I can virtualmin to generate csr and private key.
I also think the openssl may have been installed in location not recognized by virtualmin --
I think virtualmin look up from this directory /usr/bin/openssl
but when i check the raw file for openssl - it is located usr/include
i tried to install latest version openssl-1.1.1g that i found it /usr/local/src
Please what can I do to get things right?
Many thanks for your assistance More ...