On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 1:33 PM, Jochen Bern

<jochen.b...@binect.de> wrote:   On 27.08.23 07:49, Jason Long wrote:
> 1- When a key is generated, how many days is the default time for it to 
> expire?

>Whatever your configuration files say. And >frankly, just generating one 
>and *looking* at it might tell you *even faster* >than reading the configs.

>(IIRC EasyRSA comes with its own bunch of >openssl.cnf to cover several 
>major versions of OpenSSL the machine may >have preinstalled, but a lot 
>of the parameter are filled from env vars that >the easyrsa "executable" 
>or a "vars" file would preset.)

> 2- Are the following commands correct to >expire the client key after 110 
> days??
> 
> # export EASYRSA_CERT_EXPIRE=110
> # ./easyrsa gen-req My_Client nopass
> # ./easyrsa sign-req client My_Client

>According to the docs

>https://github.com/OpenVPN/easyrsa/blob/master/doc/EasyRSA-Advanced.md#environmental-variables-reference

>and assuming that you're using a POSIX >Bourne-style shell

>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/368944/what-is-the-difference-between-env-setenv-export-and-when-to-use

>that seems correct, but as I said, I don't use >EasyRSA myself.

>Kind regards,
>-- 
>Jochen Bern
>Systemingenieur

>Binect GmbH



Hello,Thanks again.Can you show me the OpenSSL commands that you use to 
generate the server and client certificates?

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