# To create a 2048-bit private key:
openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048

# To create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR):
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

# To sign a certificate using a private key and CSR:
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

# (The above commands may be run in sequence to generate a self-signed SSL certificate.)

# To show certificate information for a certificate signing request
openssl req -text -noout -in server.csr

# To show certificate information for generated certificate
openssl x509 -text -noout -in server.crt 

# To view certificate expiration:
echo | openssl s_client -connect <hostname>:443 2> /dev/null | \
awk '/-----BEGIN/,/END CERTIFICATE-----/' | \
openssl x509 -noout -enddate

# Generate Diffie-Hellman parameters:
openssl dhparam -outform PEM -out dhparams.pem 2048