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Create self signed SSL certificates in Python

I am trying to generate self signed SSL certificates using Python, so that it is platform independent. My target is the *.pem format.

I found this script that generates certificates, but no information how to self-sign them.

Solution

  • The script you've linked doesn't create self-signed certificate; it only creates a request.

    To create self-signed certificate you could use openssl it is available on all major OSes.

    $ openssl req -new -x509 -key privkey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 1095

    If you'd like to do it using M2Crypto then take a look at X509TestCase.test_mkcert() method.