Exporting CER and KEY file to PFX File - SSL

[rage@az-cvs-li-re-001 ~]$ cd Playground/

[rage@az-cvs-li-re-001 Playground]$ openssl pkcs12 -export -in linux_cert.pem -inkey privateky.key -out output.pfx

Enter Export Password:

Verifying - Enter Export Password:

[rage@az-cvs-li-re-001 Playground]$ ls

linux_cert.pem  output.pfx  privateky.key

[rage@az-cvs-li-re-001 Playground]$

PFX File from CER/PEM(Public) and Key File(Private)

https://support.globalsign.com/ssl/ssl-certificates-installation/install-pfxpkcs12-internet-information-services-iis-7

openssl pkcs12 -export -in linux_cert.pem -inkey privateky.key -out output.pfx

PFX file has a Password - This password is for protecting contents of this container to be visible to others except those who know password

Private Key - While Making a Private Key -We too give a Passphrase for encryption

PrivateKey Passphrase and PFX Container Passphrase are different.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/808742/2413870 

PEM, CER, CRT, KEY(PrivateKey) , PFX

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9617/69/how-to-convert-certificates-into-different-formats-using-openssl

https://www.ssl.com/guide/pem-der-crt-and-cer-x-509-encodings-and-conversions

https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-decoder.html

openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -text -noout