Generate a 2048 bit SHA256 Server Certificate Request

[Fred.]

Hi,

How do I generate a 2048 bit SHA256 Server Certificate Request?

I used this before but then I get a SHA1 certificate.
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=256

So I tried this

/usr/bin/openssl genrsa 2048 > newkey.key
/usr/bin/openssl req -new -x509 -sha256 -key newkey.key

But that generates a self signed certificate

Can someone explain how I can do this?
Thanks!

 

[smtalk]

DA 1.46 supports SHA256 by default, so you can just generate your CSR under user level. To do that manually on a command line, please check the example given on http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=1632.

 

[Fred.]

Thanks Martynas
I did it under user level.