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            <h1>Creating a Self-Signed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)</h1>
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          <p>This is part one of a series of creating your own self-signed PKI and some ways to utilize the PKI to setup SSL for your web server or create your own OpenVPN server.</p>

<p>Disclaimer: I am not a security expert. This is just the easiest way I have found to create and utilize SSL for my homelab services.</p>

<h2>Getting Started</h2>

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	<li>Download X Certificate Key Manager<a href="https://hohnstaedt.de/xca/index.php/download" target="_blank"> Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract X Certificate Key Manager</li>
	<li>Launch xca.exe</li>
	<li>Select File &gt; Create Database</li>
	<li>Name your PKI database and click save</li>
	<li>Enter a password for you database</li>
	<li>Re-type to confirm and click OK</li>
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<h2>Creating the Root Certificate Authority</h2>

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	<li>Navigate to the Certificates tab</li>
	<li>Click the New Certificate button</li>
	<li>Click the Subject tab</li>
	<li>Complete the Distinguished Name section
	<p>internalName: i12bretro Root CA<br />
	countryName: US<br />
	stateOrProvinceName: Virginia<br />
	localityName: Northern<br />
	organizationName: i12bretro<br />
	organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority<br />
	commonName: i12bretro Root CA</p>
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	<li>Click the Generate a New Key button</li>
	<li>Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048</li>
	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Click on the Extensions tab</li>
	<li>Select Certificate Authority from the type list</li>
	<li>Update the validity dates to fit your needs</li>
	<li>Click the Key Usage tab</li>
	<li>Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment and Certificate Sign</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the certificate</li>
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<h2>Creating the Intermediate Certificate Authority</h2>

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	<li>From the Certificates tab, right click on your Root CA certificate</li>
	<li>Select New</li>
	<li>On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected</li>
	<li>Verify your Root CA certificate is selected from the drop down</li>
	<li>Click the Subject tab</li>
	<li>Complete the Distinguished Name section
	<p>internalName: i12bretro Intermediate CA<br />
	countryName: US<br />
	stateOrProvinceName: Virginia<br />
	localityName: Northern<br />
	organizationName: i12bretro<br />
	organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority<br />
	commonName: i12bretro Intermediate CA</p>
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	<li>Click the Generate a New Key button</li>
	<li>Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048</li>
	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Click on the Extensions tab</li>
	<li>Select Certificate Authority from the type list</li>
	<li>Update the validity dates to fit your needs</li>
	<li>Click the Key Usage tab</li>
	<li>Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment and Certificate Sign</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the certificate</li>
	<li>From this point forward, use the intermediate certificate to create end entity certificates</li>
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