Generate a 2048-bit .p12 certificate

This guide explains how to obtain a .p12 2048 bits SSL certificate, useful notably for SAP, Salesforce, etc., from the Infomaniak infrastructure.

Obtaining a p.12 type certificate

A p.12 type certificate is a container that includes the certificate, intermediate CAs, and the key itself.

It is possible to create this type of certificate yourself using what can be downloaded from the Infomaniak Manager:

• Order a certificate for the domain sap.domain.xyz by providing a CSR (which means having the private key, named e.g., server.key)
• Download the generated certificate from the Infomaniak Manager: sap.domain.xyz-15-03-2024.zip
• Unzip the archive
• Execute openssl pkcs12 -export -out server.p12 -inkey server.key -in sap.domain.xyz.crt -certfile ca_bundle.crt

A file server.p12 will then be obtained.

If the certificate was generated without a CSR, the .key file present in the downloaded zip will serve as the key.