Implementing Mutual TLS Authentication with Nginx
Generating Certificates
To establish mutual authentication, you must first create a Certificate Authority (CA) and sign your server and client certificates. Use the following commands to generate the necessary keys and certifictaes:
# Generate the root CA private key
openssl genrsa -out root_authority.key 4096
# Generate the root CA self-signed ...
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026 10:53:29 +0000 by jrodd32