How to change a .p12 file to .key file

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Rico Chan picture Rico Chan · Apr 18, 2013 · Viewed 31k times · Source

I have a .p12 file, I can also transfer it to a .pem file, but how to transfer it as a .key file?

Answer

user1516873 picture user1516873 · Apr 18, 2013

openssl pkcs12 -in out.p12 -nodes -out private.key -nocerts

openssl will ask you for a password, then store the unencrypted private key into the file private.key

Documentation: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/apps/pkcs12.html

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