From: FreeBSD Handbook 13.6.1 OpenSSL/Generating Certificates: openssl genrsa -rand -genkey -out cert.key 2048 Can't load -genkey into RNG 34371158016:error:2406F079:random number generator:RAND_load_file:Cannot open file:/usr/src/crypto/openssl/crypto/rand/randfile.c:98:Filename=-genkey Man OPENSSL(1) genrsa - Generation of RSA Private Key. Superseded by genpkey(1). My solution: root@r7bsd:~/keys_selfsign # openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out cert.key -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 ........................+++++
I'm gonna close this PR as overcome by events. We upgraded the chapter in this commit: https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=99333306