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Verify Key Pairs, SSL Certificates and CSR Match

When you're talking about SSL you're dealing with a lot of moving parts. It's a lot to manage for just a single domain, but when you toss in complicated web infrastructures with multiples domains, sub-domains and internal networks, it's easy to get mixed up.

When you generate a Certificate Signing Request, you're also issued a Private Key that needs to be stored safely on your server. Typically, keeping the CSR and the Private key matched up can be accomplished by saving them to the same directory. But once the SSL certificate is issued, especially if you're dealing with multiple orders, it's important you can match up the certificate with the key. Otherwise it's not going to install properly.

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Make Sure Your CSR, SSL Certificate and Private Key Match

To check whether a certificate matches a private key, or a CSR matches a certificate, you'll need to run following OpenSSL commands:

openssl pkey -in privateKey.key -pubout -outform pem | sha256sum

openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -pubkey -noout -outform pem | sha256sum

openssl req -in CSR.csr -pubkey -noout -outform pem | sha256sum

Helpful Tip: Of the three - SSL Certificate, CSR and Private Key - your private key is the most important. Its security is paramount. If it's ever compromised, your website becomes vulnerable until you re-issue and re-install. Make sure your Private key is stored safely and unauthorized personnel cannot access it.

Match Certificate & CSR Match Certificate & Private Key

Any mismatch, especially between a private key and an SSL certificate is going to mess you up. You'll probably have to re-issue and that's going to waste a lot of time.

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