To create the server RSA private key:
$ certtool --generate-privkey --outfile server-key.pem --rsa


To create a self signed CA certificate:
$ certtool --generate-privkey --outfile ca-key.pem
$ certtool --generate-self-signed --load-privkey ca-key.pem --outfile ca-cert.pem
Common name: GNU Wget
UID:
Organizational unit name: Wget
Organization name: GNU
Locality name:
State or province name:
Country name (2 chars):
Enter the subject's domain component (DC):
This field should not be used in new certificates.
E-mail:
Enter the certificate's serial number in decimal (default: 6080487640893163573):

Activation/Expiration time.
The certificate will expire in (days): -1

Extensions.
Does the certificate belong to an authority? (y/N): y
Path length constraint (decimal, -1 for no constraint):
Is this a TLS web client certificate? (y/N):
Will the certificate be used for IPsec IKE operations? (y/N):
Is this a TLS web server certificate? (y/N):
Enter a dnsName of the subject of the certificate:
Enter a URI of the subject of the certificate:
Enter the IP address of the subject of the certificate:
Enter the e-mail of the subject of the certificate:
Will the certificate be used to sign other certificates? (y/N): y
Will the certificate be used to sign CRLs? (y/N): y
Will the certificate be used to sign code? (y/N):
Will the certificate be used to sign OCSP requests? (y/N): y
Will the certificate be used for time stamping? (y/N):
Enter the URI of the CRL distribution point:


To generate a server certificate using the private key only:
$ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey server-key.pem --outfile server-cert.pem --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem
Common name: 127.0.0.1
UID:
Organizational unit name: Wget
Organization name: GNU
Locality name:
State or province name:
Country name (2 chars):
Enter the subject's domain component (DC):
This field should not be used in new certificates.
E-mail:
Enter the certificate's serial number in decimal (default: 6080488276853553635):

Activation/Expiration time.
The certificate will expire in (days): -1

Extensions.
Does the certificate belong to an authority? (y/N):
Is this a TLS web client certificate? (y/N):
Will the certificate be used for IPsec IKE operations? (y/N):
Is this a TLS web server certificate? (y/N): y
Enter a dnsName of the subject of the certificate: 127.0.0.1
Enter a dnsName of the subject of the certificate: localhost
Enter a dnsName of the subject of the certificate:
Enter a URI of the subject of the certificate:
Enter the IP address of the subject of the certificate:
Will the certificate be used for signing (DHE and RSA-EXPORT ciphersuites)? (Y/n):
Will the certificate be used for encryption (RSA ciphersuites)? (Y/n):


To create a CRL for the server certificate:
$ certtool --generate-crl --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem --load-certificate server-cert.pem --outfile server-crl.pem
Generating a signed CRL...
Update times.
The certificate will expire in (days): -1
CRL Number (default: 6080006793650397145):
