In this tutorial we will go over how to encrypt a text file that we can store in public storage without any security concerns. Suppose you are running an application in a cloud platform, and you are running daily backup of SQL files and want to store it securely in block storage somewhere in the
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In this tutorial, I will be using CentOS 7 to generate self-signed certificates. You can use any Linux operating system as long as it is Openssl install. To install Openssl follow the below guide: Openssl installation CentOS, Redhat, Fedora: Ubuntu, Debian Generating certificate with password Command: Interactive view: Verify output Generating certificate without password Command:
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To generate self-signed certificates we will use makecert.exe. You will need to first download Windows SDK for Windows 7 or later. Download and install Windows SDK. Once you have downloaded and installed Windows SDK. Go to SDK folder by executing the below command. Generate Root CA Now, we will generate a root certificate. We will
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To convert a certificate that is in .pfx to base64 format in PowerShell, you can use .NET namespace available in PowerShell to convert. I had a scenario where I was required to use base64 encoding to upload a certificate to Azure to secure communication to backend instance. Since Microsoft Azure provides a rich API to
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