Can Red Hat Satellite 6.x be configured with a custom SSL certificate whose keys are 2048 bits rather than 4096 bits long?

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Issue

  • When creating a certificate signing request (CSR) for a custom SSL certificate to configure the Red Hat Satellite 6.x server with, the procedure in the Red Hat Satellite 6.x installation guide uses the following command to generate a 4096-bit private key:

    # openssl genrsa -out /root/satellite_cert/satellite_cert_key.pem 4096
    

    Can a 2048-bit private key be used instead?

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.15

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