How to get .key certificate? I only have a .pem file not .key!

[lesageethan]

Like the title says, does anyone know how to I can get a .key certificate? My python code says I need a .key not the .pem one I generated with XCA.

[sharpred]

Your PEM file contains your public certificate and your private key. You need the private key bit. Open your PEM file in a text editor, if it was generated correctly it will have two sections,

the first one will start with
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and end with -----END CERTIFICATE-----

the second section will start with
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----


this second section is your private key, copy this bit (including the -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----) into a new file and save it with a .key extension.

If your python code needs a .crt file, do the same with the first bit

[jordancp]

Couldn't have done it with the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrZxJsKUQR8&t=120s