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How to extract private key from PFX file
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Sometimes you receive a PFX file, which is a file that bundles both certificate and private key of a SSL certificate. Here's how to extract the private key.
Published by Mark van Eijk on August 10, 2022 · 1 minute read
For this we need the openssl command line tool. Using the following command you can extract the private key from a PFX file:
openssl pkcs12 -in pfx-file.pfx -nocerts -out private-key-file.pem -nodes
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