General ssl certificate application and deployment process for nginx

1. Generate the key private key file, such as:

openssl genrsa -des3 -out www.merrick.com.key 2048

 

2. Generate a csr file, such as:

openssl req -new -key www.merrick.com.key -out www.merrick.com.csr -config openssl.cnf

 

3. Submit the CSR document to a third-party legal certificate authority and pay the fee

 

4. Download and obtain a certificate issued by a third-party legal certificate authority

 

5. Deploy and install SSL certificate