Enter export password to generate a P12 certificate

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Matt picture Matt · Mar 11, 2014 · Viewed 96.7k times · Source

I would like to generate a P12 certificate from a .key and .pem. I'm running this command and get prompted to enter a export password:

pkcs12 -export -inkey private-key.key -in developer_identity.pem -out iphone_dev.p12

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I can't enter a password at this point, it seems that the keyboard input is not recognized.

What do I miss? (I'm new to the Command Line tool and openSSL)

Answer

jariq picture jariq · Mar 11, 2014

OpenSSL command line app does not display any characters when you are entering your password. Just type it then press enter and you will see that it is working.

You can also use openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey mykey.key -in developer_identity.pem -out iphone_dev.p12 -password pass:YourPassword to pass the password YourPassword from command line. Please take a look at section Pass Phrase Options in OpenSSL manual for more information.

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