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Duplicate openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout mydomain.pem -out mydomain.csr

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Demonstrates how to duplicate this OpenSSL command:
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout mydomain.pem -out mydomain.csr

This command creates 2 files:

  1. mydomain.csr: this is the file to send to DigiCert or Let's Encrypt (or any other CA)
  2. mydomain.pem: this is the private key of the domain.

The second file is needed to pair with the certificate that will later be received from the CA.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @rsa int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rsa', @rsa OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
    -- key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
    DECLARE @privKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PrivateKey', @privKey OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsa, 'GenKey', @success OUT, 2048, @privKey
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rsa, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsa, 'UsePrivateKey', @success OUT, @privKey

    -- Save the private key to unencrypted PKCS8 PEM
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKey, 'SavePkcs8PemFile', @success OUT, 'mydomain.pem'

    -- (alternatively) Save the private key to encrypted PKCS8 PEM
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKey, 'SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile', @success OUT, 'myPassword', 'mydomain_enc.pem'

    -- We'll need the private key's modulus for the CSR.
    -- The modulus is not something that needs to be protected.  Most people don't realize
    -- that a public key is actually just a subset of the private key.  The public parts of
    -- an RSA private key are the modulus and exponent.  The exponent is always 65537.
    DECLARE @privKeyXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @privKeyXml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKey, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKeyXml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    -- Get the modulus in base64 format:
    DECLARE @keyModulus nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKeyXml, 'GetChildContent', @keyModulus OUT, 'Modulus'

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Now build the CSR using Chilkat's ASN.1 API.
    -- The keyModulus will be embedded within the ASN.1.

    -- A new ASN.1 object is automatically a SEQUENCE.
    -- Given that the CSR's root item is a SEQUENCE, we can use
    -- this as the root of our CSR.
    DECLARE @asnRoot int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Asn', @asnRoot OUT

    -- Beneath the root, we have a SEQUENCE (the certificate request info), 
    -- another SEQUENCE (the algorithm identifier), and a BITSTRING (the signature data)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'AppendSequence', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'AppendSequence', @success OUT

    -- ----------------------------------
    -- Build the Certificate Request Info
    -- ----------------------------------
    DECLARE @asnCertReqInfo int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'GetSubItem', @asnCertReqInfo OUT, 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertReqInfo, 'AppendInt', @success OUT, 0

    -- Build the Subject part of the Certificate Request Info
    DECLARE @asnCertSubject int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertReqInfo, 'AppendSequenceR', @asnCertSubject OUT

    -- Add each subject part..
    DECLARE @asnTemp int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    -- AppendSequence2 updates the internal reference to the newly appended SEQUENCE.
    -- The OID and printable string are added to the SEQUENCE.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.6'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'printable', 'US'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.8'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'utf8', 'Utah'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.7'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'utf8', 'Lindon'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.10'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'utf8', 'DigiCert Inc.'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.11'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'utf8', 'DigiCert'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertSubject, 'AppendSetR', @asnTemp OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendSequence2', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '2.5.4.3'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnTemp, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'utf8', 'example.digicert.com'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnTemp

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnCertSubject

    -- Build the Public Key Info part of the Certificate Request Info
    DECLARE @asnPubKeyInfo int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertReqInfo, 'AppendSequenceR', @asnPubKeyInfo OUT

    DECLARE @asnPubKeyAlgId int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnPubKeyInfo, 'AppendSequenceR', @asnPubKeyAlgId OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnPubKeyAlgId, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '1.2.840.113549.1.1.1'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnPubKeyAlgId, 'AppendNull', @success OUT
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnPubKeyAlgId

    -- The public key itself is a BIT STRING, but the bit string is composed of ASN.1
    -- for the RSA public key.  We'll first build the RSA ASN.1 for the public key
    -- (containing the 2048 bit modulus and exponent), and encoded it to DER, and then add
    -- the DER bytes as a BIT STRING (as a sub-item of asnPubKeyInfo)

    -- This is already a SEQUENCE..
    DECLARE @asnRsaKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Asn', @asnRsaKey OUT

    -- The RSA modulus is a big integer.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRsaKey, 'AppendBigInt', @success OUT, @keyModulus, 'base64'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRsaKey, 'AppendInt', @success OUT, 65537

    DECLARE @rsaKeyDerBase64 nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRsaKey, 'GetEncodedDer', @rsaKeyDerBase64 OUT, 'base64'

    -- Now add the RSA key DER as a BIT STRING.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnPubKeyInfo, 'AppendBits', @success OUT, @rsaKeyDerBase64, 'base64'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnPubKeyInfo

    -- The last part of the certificate request info is an empty context-specific constructed item
    -- with a tag equal to 0.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertReqInfo, 'AppendContextConstructed', @success OUT, 0

    -- Get the DER of the asnCertReqInfo.  
    -- This will be signed using the RSA private key.
    DECLARE @bdDer int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bdDer OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnCertReqInfo, 'WriteBd', @success OUT, @bdDer

    -- Add the signature to the ASN.1
    DECLARE @bdSig int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bdSig OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsa, 'SignBd', @success OUT, @bdDer, 'SHA1', @bdSig
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @bdSig, 'GetEncoded', @sTmp0 OUT, 'base64'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'AppendBits', @success OUT, @sTmp0, 'base64'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnCertReqInfo

    -- ----------------------------------
    -- Finally, add the algorithm identifier, which is the 2nd sub-item under the root.
    -- ----------------------------------
    DECLARE @asnAlgId int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'GetSubItem', @asnAlgId OUT, 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnAlgId, 'AppendOid', @success OUT, '1.2.840.113549.1.1.5'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnAlgId, 'AppendNull', @success OUT
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnAlgId

    -- Write the CSR to a DER encoded binary file:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'WriteBinaryDer', @success OUT, 'qa_output/mydomain.csr'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @asnRoot, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKeyXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnRoot
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnRsaKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdDer
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdSig
        RETURN
      END

    -- It is also possible to get the CSR in base64 format:
    DECLARE @csrBase64 nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asnRoot, 'GetEncodedDer', @csrBase64 OUT, 'base64'


    PRINT 'Base64 CSR:'

    PRINT @csrBase64

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsa
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKeyXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnRoot
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asnRsaKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdDer
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdSig


END
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