Remove key file password

You cannot upload a custom certificate with a password-protected key file.

The process for removing the password depends on your operating system. The following examples remove the password from example.com.key.

Linux

1. Open a command console.

2. Go to the directory containing the example.com.key file.

3. Copy the original key.

   $ cp example.com.key temp.key

4. Run the following command (if using an ECDSA certificate, replace rsa with ec).

   $ openssl rsa -in temp.key -out example.com.key

5. When prompted in the console window, enter the original key password.

6. Upload the file contents to Cloudflare.

Windows

1. Go to https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/ and download the latest version of OpenSSL for your x86 or x86_64 operating system.

2. Open the .zip file and extract it.

3. Select openssl.exe.

4. In the command window that appears, run:

   $ rsa -in C:\Path\To\example.com.key -out key.pem

5. Enter the original key password when prompted by the openssl.exe command window.

6. Upload the contents of the key.pem file to Cloudflare.