Remove key file password
You cannot upload a custom certificate with a password-protected key file.
The process for removing the password depends on your operating system. The following examples remove the password from Open a command console. Go to the directory containing the Copy the original key. Run the following command (if using an ECDSA certificate, replace When prompted in the console window, enter the original key password. Upload the file contents to Cloudflare. Go to https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/ and download the latest version of OpenSSL for your x86 or x86_64 operating system. Open the Select openssl.exe. In the command window that appears, run: Enter the original key password when prompted by the openssl.exe command window. Upload the contents of the example.com.key
.Linux
example.com.key
file.rsa
with ec
).Windows
.zip
file and extract it.key.pem
file to Cloudflare.