Convert your SSL

Have you received certificate in the format that your server doesn't approve? Well, you've come to the right place. Using a few OpenSSL commands, you can easily convert your certificate from one format to another. All you need to is run these OpenSSL commands in your system and voila!

OpenSSL commands to convert PEM formatted file

Convert PEM to DER

openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem -out certificate.der

Convert PEM to P7B

openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile certificate.cer -out certificate.p7b -certfile CACert.cer

Convert PEM to PFX

openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privateKey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile CACert.crt

OpenSSL commands to convert DER formatted file

Convert DER to PEM

openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem

OpenSSL commands to convert P7B formatted file

Convert P7B to PEM

openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer

Convert P7B to PFX

openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer
openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.cer -inkey privateKey.key -out certificate.pfx -certfile CACert.cer

OpenSSL commands to convert PFX formatted file

Convert PFX to PEM

openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.pfx -out certificate.cer -nodes

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