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5. Select the following Additional Credentials required for the generation of the self signed
certificate:
6. Select the Generate Certificate button at the bottom of the Create Certificate screen to
produce the certificate.
Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
Certificates
A certificate signing request (CSR) is a message from a requestor to a certificate authority to apply
for a digital identity certificate. The CSR is composed of a block of encrypted text generated on the
server the certificate will be used on. It contains information included in the certificate, including
organization name, common name (domain name), locality and country.
A RSA key must be either created or applied to the certificate request before the certificate can be
generated. A private key is not included in the CSR, but is used to digitally sign the completed
request. The certificate created with a particular CSR only worked with the private key generated
with it. If the private key is lost, the certificate is no longer functional. The CSR can be accompanied
by other identity credentials required by the certificate authority, and the certificate authority
maintains the right to contact the applicant for additional information.
If the request is successful, the CA sends an identity certificate digitally signed with the private key
of the CA.
To create a CSR:
1. Select Operations.
Select Certificates.
2. Select Create CSR.
State (ST) Enter a State/Prov. for the state or province name used in the certificate. This is a required
field.
City (L) Enter a City to represent the city name used in the certificate. This is a required field.
Organization (O) Define an Organization for the organization used in the certificate. This is a required field.
Organizational Unit (OU) Enter an Org. Unit for the name of the organization unit used in the certificate. This is a
required field.
Common Name (CN) If there’s a common name (IP address) for the organizational unit issuing the certificate, enter
it here.
Email Address Provide an E-mail address used as the contact address for issues relating to this certificate
request.
Domain Name) Enter a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is an unambiguous domain name that specifies
the node's position in the DNS tree hierarchy absolutely. To distinguish an FQDN from a
regular domain name, a trailing period is added. A FQDN differs from a regular domain name
by its absoluteness; as a suffix is not added.
IP Address Specify the IP address used as the destination for certificate requests.