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Preparing the client certificate workflow, Private key file creation workflow, Creating a private ssl key file – HP StorageWorks XP Data Integrity Check XP Software User Manual

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Preparing the client certificate workflow

Use the following process to prepare the client certificate, which includes setting the client certificate
expiration date and password:

1.

Download and install openssl.exe from

http://www.openssl.org/

to the C:\openssl

folder.

2.

Create the key file. You can create the following types of key files:

Private key file.

For more information about creating a private key file, see

“Creating a private SSL key

file” (page 13)

.

Public key file.

For more information about creating a public key file, see

“Creating a public SSL key

file” (page 13)

.

3.

Convert the client certificate to PKCS#12 format.

For more information about converting the client certificate, see

“Converting the client certificate

to the PKCS#12 format” (page 14)

.

4.

Upload the root and client certificates to the P9500 storage system.

For more information uploading the root and client certificate, see

“Converting the client

certificate to the PKCS#12 format” (page 14)

.

Private key file creation workflow

(Windows Vista) Prepare private and public SSL key files to use with the EDKA feature.

1.

If the read-only attribute is set, release it from the c:\key folder.

2.

Create the private key file.

For more information about creating a private key file, see

“Creating a private SSL key file”

(page 13)

.

3.

Create the public key file.

For more information about creating public key files, see

“Creating a public SSL key file”

(page 13)

.

Creating a private SSL key file

Create a private SSL key file to use with the EDKA feature. A private key file has the extension
(.key).
1.

Open a command prompt.

2.

Move the current directory to the folder where you have saved the key file (for example, c:\
key

).

3.

From a command prompt, run the following command:

c:\key > c:\openssl\bin\openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024

Creating a public SSL key file

Create a public SSL key file to use with the EDKA feature. A public key file has the extension (.csr).
1.

Open a command prompt.

2.

Move the current directory to the folder where you have saved the key file (for example, c:\
key

).

3.

From a command prompt, run the following command:

c:\key > c:\openssl req -sha256 -new -key server.key -config

c:\openssl\bin\openssl.cfg -out server.csr

Key management server requirements

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