Convert Any SSL Certificate Format
Often certificates are issued in an incompatible format by a certificate authority ( CA). Thus, it needs to be converted into supporting format. You can do that easily with the help of OpenSSL commands.
The following series of OpenSSL commands allow you to convert SSL certificates on your own machine in different formats.
OpenSSL commands to convert PEM file
Convert PEM to DER
openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem -out certificate.der
Convert PEM to P7B
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile certificate.cer -out certificate.p7b -certfile CACert.cer
Convert PEM to PFX
openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privateKey.key -in certificate.crt -certfile CACert.crt
OpenSSL commands to convert DER file
Convert DER to PEM
openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem
OpenSSL commands to convert P7B file
Convert P7B to PEM
openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer
Convert P7B to PFX
openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.cer -inkey privateKey.key -out certificate.pfx -certfile CACert.cer
OpenSSL commands to convert PFX file
Convert PFX to PEM
openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.pfx -out certificate.cer -nodes