openssl key result too small?

Question

I've got a docker that's perpetually in the RESTARTING status if an entrypoint.sh is run.

Checking docker logs, I see many repeats of these 2 chunks of error:

e is 65537 (0x010001)
140680312165760:error:28069065:UI routines:UI_set_result:result too small:../crypto/ui/ui_lib.c:765:You must type in 4 to 1023 characters
140680312165760:error:28069065:UI routines:UI_set_result:result too small:../crypto/ui/ui_lib.c:765:You must type in 4 to 1023 characters
140680312165760:error:0906906F:PEM routines:PEM_ASN1_write_bio:read key:../crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:330:
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus

and

e is 65537 (0x010001)
unable to load Private Key
139751600240000:error:28069065:UI routines:UI_set_result:result too small:../crypto/ui/ui_lib.c:765:You must type in 4 to 1023 characters
139751600240000:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt:../crypto/evp/evp_enc.c:536:
139751600240000:error:0906A065:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad decrypt:../crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:439:
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus

My entrypoint.sh has this snippet regarding encryption:

openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out /etc/apache2/ssl/pass.key 2048
openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in /etc/apache2/ssl/pass.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
cat /tmp/ssl-info.txt | openssl req -new -key /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/server.csr
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in /etc/apache2/ssl/server.csr -signkey /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key -out /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt

This is a project I've taken over so I'm not fully familiar with this snippet, which is far more verbose than what I typically use to generate and use rsa keys, like in this possibly related thread.

Can anyone please shed some insight into how this error can be solved?

Answer 1

I believe it's an issue with pass:xin line 1, x being only 1 character long.

pass:gsahdg etc should work(gsahdg is a random string).