This guide will help you to convert your .pfx file into .crt or .key file from the encrypted key using OpenSSL for free.
Published in · 3 min read · Jun 26, 2021
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TL;DR — This 7 minutes guide using will help you to convert your .pfx file into .crt or .key file from the encrypted key using OpenSSL Commands for free. I kept 3 minutes as buffer 😉. Using this trick, you can convert PFX to CRT, or convert PFX to KEY easily.
Are you looking for extracting private key from PFX? — You are on right place.
OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library. For more information, you can visit the official website.
Let’s say, you have already got the .pfx certificate from the SSL providers/registrars like network solution, godaddy, bigrock etc., then you are good to follow up the below steps without any hurdles.
You need to follow up below commands in order to convert files to .crt/.key easily.
Prerequisites:
- OpenSSL package must be installed in your system.
- You must have .pfx file for…
