Create Self-Signed Certificate PowerShell

Create Self-Signed Certificate PowerShell

Hello,

You have different ways of creating a self-signed certificate, for testing purposes of course :

Create Self-Signed Certificate PowerShell

Both ways are great, but each of them has prerequisites :

MakeCert

You can find the documentation of the tool at this address:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa386968.aspx

Based on this, you can use the tool like this:

makecert -r -pe -n "CN=XYZ Company" -b 01/01/2005 -e 01/01/2010 -sky exchange -ss my

New-SelfSignedCertificate

This cmdlet is part of the Active Directory Certificate Services PowerShell Module. You can get it by installing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on your computer or server.

New-SelfSignedCertificate -Type Custom -Subject "E=patti.fuller@contoso.com,CN=Patti Fuller" -TextExtension @("2.5.29.37={text}1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4","2.5.29.17={text}email=patti.fuller@contoso.com&upn=pattifuller@contoso.com") -KeyUsage DataEncipherment -KeyAlgorithm RSA -KeyLength 2048 -SmimeCapabilities -CertStoreLocation "Cert:CurrentUserMy"
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