---
title: "How to create a DSA OpenSSL certificate"
kind: article
slug: how-to-create-a-dsa-openssl-certificate
created_at: 2009-04-19
tags:
  - General
  - openssl
  - dsa
  - key
  - public
---

I just needed an OpenSSL DSA public key. This is not really difficult, you just need to know the right commands. On my Mac I ran the following commands to obtain both private <code>dsa_priv.pem</code> and public <code>dsa_pub.pem</code> keys.

<pre lang="sh">
openssl dsaparam 1024 < /dev/random > dsaparam.pem
openssl gendsa dsaparam.pem -out dsa_priv.pem
openssl dsa -in dsa_priv.pem -pubout -out dsa_pub.pem
</pre>

Needless to say, keep your private key in secure location and make sure you have a backup of it!