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SUSE Certified Engineer - Managing Encryption

In this hands-on lab, you'll be getting more familiar and experienced in using OpenSSL to create your own Certificate Authority (CA), so that you can sign your own certificate requests. You'll set up the Root Certificate Authority, generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), and then use that request to generate the end result — a server certificate. You'll then use the `gpg` command to generate and query your own GPG public and secret keys, and use that information to encrypt a data file and then decrypt it, comparing the file contents before and after.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

Jul 16, 2021

Challenge

Set Up a Certificate Authority
- Install the tree command
- Set up a Certificate Authority (CA) directory structure
- Create a Root Certificate
- Verify the certificate details
Challenge

Create a Certificate Signing Request
- Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
- Supply the necessary details
- Verify the certificate details
- Note file locations and contents
Challenge

Generate a Server Certificate
- Set up the certificate database
- Generate a server certificate
- Verify the certificate details
- Inspect the contents of the database
Challenge

GPG Encrypt and Decrypt a Data File
- Configure a test directory
- Generate a GPG public/secret key pair
- Confirm the GPG keys were generated
- Locate the GPG files
- Encrypt and decrypt a data file
- Verify that the operation worked properly

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.