Generate elliptic-curve keypair in OpenSSL

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First, create the private key.

shell

# Feel free to name `private.ec.key` whatever you want
openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out private.ec.key

Next, from the private key, generate the public key.

shell

# Replace `public.pem` with anything that you want.
#
# Be sure that `private.ec.key` is pointing to the correct private key path.
openssl ec -in private.ec.key -pubout public.pem

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Generate EC KeyPair from OpenSSL command line

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