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Does a PEM file containing the full cert chain and private key have a specific name? #490

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As far as I know, there's no specific or most common name for a PEM file containing the leaf+intermediate(s)+key.

step doesn't really create those files, most of the applications using PEM files, uses two different files for it, and if really needed you can always do cat cert.pem cert.key > whatever.pem.

There's an old format called PKCS#12 that contains the full chain and the private key, but it shouldn't be used for new applications because it's based on weak encryption primitives.

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