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It's apparently a requirement for various cloud platforms that the private key doesn't use a passphrase (probably due to automated scripts where the passphrase

It's apparently a requirement for various cloud platforms that the private key doesn't use a passphrase (probably due to automated scripts where the passphrase cannot be provided). See Engine Yard for example (not an exception as far I know): https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/hc/en-us/articles/205413738-Obtain-and-Install-SSL-Certificates https://support.cloud.engineyard.com/hc/en-us/articles/20541... Now I am not saying the situation is ideal or that I condone it, just passing the information along.

akerl_ 11y ago
Yea, for things where you're giving the private key to somebody, there's a whole corpus of debate on how useful a passphrase would be even if you could give it to them. For that reason, I'm OK with the default being to passphrase and there being a section of the docs that says "hey, if you need to not have a passphrase for your use case, here's how to strip it off"