openssl-rsa - RSA key processing tool
openssl rsa [-help] [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in filename] [-passin arg] [-out filename] [-passout arg] [-aes128] [-aes192] [-aes256] [-aria128] [-aria192] [-aria256] [-camellia128] [-camellia192] [-camellia256] [-des] [-des3] [-idea] [-text] [-noout] [-modulus] [-check] [-pubin] [-pubout] [-RSAPublicKey_in] [-RSAPublicKey_out] [-engine id]
This command has been deprecated. The openssl-pkey(1) command should be used instead.
This command processes RSA keys. They can be converted between various forms and their components printed out. Note this command uses the traditional SSLeay compatible format for private key encryption: newer applications should use the more secure PKCS#8 format using the openssl-pkcs8(1) command.
Print out a usage message.
The input and formats; the default is PEM. See openssl(1)/Format Options for details.
The data is a PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey or SubjectPublicKey object. On input, PKCS#8 format private keys are also accepted.
This specifies the input filename to read a key from or standard input if this option is not specified. If the key is encrypted a pass phrase will be prompted for.
The password source for the input and output file. For more information about the format of arg see openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options.
This specifies the output filename to write a key to or standard output if this option is not specified. If any encryption options are set then a pass phrase will be prompted for. The output filename should not be the same as the input filename.
These options encrypt the private key with the specified cipher before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for. If none of these options is specified the key is written in plain text. This means that this command can be used to remove the pass phrase from a key by not giving any encryption option is given, or to add or change the pass phrase by setting them. These options can only be used with PEM format output files.
Prints out the various public or private key components in plain text in addition to the encoded version.
This option prevents output of the encoded version of the key.
This option prints out the value of the modulus of the key.
This option checks the consistency of an RSA private key.
By default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a public key is read instead.
By default a private key is output: with this option a public key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if the input is a public key.
Like -pubin and -pubout except RSAPublicKey format is used instead.
See openssl(1)/Engine Options.
Examples equivalent to these can be found in the documentation for the non-deprecated openssl-pkey(1) command.
To remove the pass phrase on an RSA private key:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -out keyout.pem
To encrypt a private key using triple DES:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -des3 -out keyout.pem
To convert a private key from PEM to DER format:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -outform DER -out keyout.der
To print out the components of a private key to standard output:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -text -noout
To just output the public part of a private key:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem
Output the public part of a private key in RSAPublicKey format:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -RSAPublicKey_out -out pubkey.pem
There should be an option that automatically handles .key files, without having to manually edit them.
openssl(1), openssl-pkey(1), openssl-pkcs8(1), openssl-dsa(1), openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-gendsa(1)
This command was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
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