How to generate a .pfx certificate for Flutter windows MSIX lib?

https://dribbble.com/shots/3305658-Keys

So let’s dive right in.

When I was in a need to build the Flutter windows app and ship it to users, I came across MSIX Installer.
It helps you publish your windows app on Windows Store as well as a direct installer package, which indeed is a lifesaver.

So here are the steps

1. You would need to download OpenSSL to generate your certificates
   Download here.
2. Go to where you installed the OpenSSL. In my case, it is:
   C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin
3. Run cmd from this folder, that it looks like this in cmd.
   C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin>
   or
   make “C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin” a environment variable to access “OpenSSL” anywhere.
4. Now, it’s the cmd time! Type the following.

a). Generate a private key.

openssl genrsa -out mykeyname.key 2048

b). Generate a CSR file with the help of the private key.

openssl req -new -key mykeyname.key -out mycsrname.csr

c). Generate a CRT file with the help of the private key & CSR file.

openssl x509 -in mycsrname.csr -out mycrtname.crt -req -signkey mykeyname.key -days 365

d). Generate .pfx file (finally) with the help of the private key & CRT file.

openssl pkcs12 -export -out CERTIFICATE.pfx -inkey mykeyname.key -in mycrtname.crt

There you have you .pfx certificate.

I took help from these 2 videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzbf9ldvBjM&t=580s&ab_channel=TutorialsPedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i7ugO8AVN4&t=16s&ab_channel=SSLCorp

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