I am confused about the name of file for private key and csr. I am using openssl to genearte private key, and then generate csr. Do the file names have to match the domain name?
My domain is, say, tropy.com, so do I have to name csr file as tropy.com.csr, or can I say april2014.csr?
My domain is, say, tropy.com, so do I have to name csr file as tropy.com.csr, or can I say april2014.csr?
No. The filenames are arbitrary. But its useful to keep them similarly named, especially if you have multiple domains and multiple certificates.
I usually use the following scheme:
