Signing a certificate with my CA

Question

On running:

openssl ca -in ${ALIAS}.csr -out user-cert.pem -keyfile cacert-private.pem -cert cacert.pem -passin pass:$PASSWD -config ${CONFIG}

Answer 1

The previous posters already answered the question, but to make it easier, here is an example how to specify the encoding. Use the string_mask:

[ req ]
default_bits            = 2048
default_md              = rsa
prompt                  = no
string_mask             = utf8only  # <--------------
distinguished_name      = req_distinguished_name

[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName             = GB
stateOrProvinceName     = Gloucestershire
localityName            = Cheltenham
organizationName        = Wansdyke House Limited
organizationalUnitName  = Fizio
commonName              = localhost