1Useful Links: 2 3OpenSSL API Documentation: https://www.openssl.org/docs 4 5Github: https://github.com/openssl/openssl 6 7OpenSSL Wiki: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/wiki 8 9Original Simple Server: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/wiki/Simple_TLS_Server 10 11--------------------------------------------------------------- 12 13Generate self signed cert and key 'pem' files (good for 10 years): 14 15openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -x509 -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -out cert.pem -keyout key.pem 16 17You can just hit carriage returns to accept the default values, except for "Common Name"; you 18should enter 'localhost', or an actual hostname. 19 20The same keys can be used for both communicating instances; same or different machines. 21