>mv privkey.pem cert.pem.pw
  >openssl rsa -in cert.pem.pw -out cert.pem  (this removes the password)
  >openssl req -x509 -in cert.req -text -key cert.pem -out cert.cert

then

  cp cert.pem $PGDATA/server.key
  cp cert.cert $PGDATA/server.crt

Thank you; this works.

Oliver Elphick