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 1. Establish a ssh connection onto your server.
 2. Create empty folder ``mkdir /opt/otree/temp`` and switch into ``cd /opt/otree/temp``.
 3. Adapt your config file ``request.conf``.
-4. Generate encrypted private key and certificate request file with ``openssl req -config request.conf -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -outform PEM -out certrequest.pem`` from config file.
+4. Generate encrypted private key and certificate request file with ``openssl req -new -config request.conf -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -keyout domain.key.pem.enc -outform PEM -out certrequest.pem`` from config file.
 5. Verify your ``certrequest.pem`` with ``openssl req -in certrequest.pem -text``
 6. Make a request with the certificate request file at your responsible office.
 7. Unencrypt your private key with: ``openssl rsa -in domain.key.pem.enc -out domain.key.pem``.