Managing Certificate Signing Requests |
  
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Managing Certificate Signing Requests |
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SOAP/AM Server provides the following Certificate Signing Request (CSR) functions:
•Create a new Certificate Signing Request
•Download the pending Certificate Signing Request
•Remove a pending Certificate Signing Request
Create a new Certificate Signing Request
The New Certificate Request page gathers the required information and creates a certificate signing request (CSR). Once you've created the CSR, you can forward it to a Certificate Authority (CA) for signing. Note that only PEM format (base64 encoded) certificates are supported. DER format (binary) certificates are not supported and will result in an error. Be sure to inform your Certificate Authority that the signed certificate should be supplied in PEM format.
Enter values appropriate for your organization.
Country Name |
Select country from the drop down list. |
State or Province |
Enter the state or province of your organization. Abbreviations should be avoided. |
Locality Name |
Enter the locality name of your organization. |
Organization Name |
Enter the name of your organization. |
Organizational Unit |
Enter the name of the unit within your organization. |
Common Name |
Enter the fully qualified host name of your server. This field defaults to the value of the -host option used when the server was started. |
Alternate Host Names |
Enter a comma separated list of alternate host names for your server. |
Key Length |
Select the desired bit length for the public/private key in the certificate. |
Click the Create button to generate the CSR. You may copy the certificate from the certificate field or download it by clicking the Download button.
Download the pending Certificate Signing Request
Select this option to download another copy of the pending Certificate Signing Request.
Remove the pending Certificate Signing Request
In the event that the pending Certificate Signing Request will not be completed, select this link to delete the pending request from the server.