How to Remove the Password From Your SSL Key
February 8, 2015 by Jason Mazzota ( 17 ) under VPS Hosting
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Introduction
This is a fast and simple how-to about removing the password or passphrase from your SSL key file. This tutorial will use OpenSSL for the process.
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Removing the password from your SSL Key
To remove the password or passphrase from your .key or SSL key file, you simply need to run:
openssl rsa –in yourSSLkey.key –out yourSSLkeywithnopassword.key
This will prompt you for the password. Once entered, you can use the .key file you just created (yourSSLkeywithnopassword.key) without needing to use a password.
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