Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) - Netscape Enterprise Server 6.1
Follow the instructions below to generate a CSR for your website. When you have completed generating your CSR, cut/copy and paste it into the CSR field on the SSL certificate-request page.
Certificate Signing Request-Generation Instructions
Before requesting an SSL certificate, you must create a trust database. When you create the trust database, you specify a password that will be used for a key-pair file. You will also need this password to start a server using encrypted communications.
In the trust database you create and store the public and private keys, referred to as your key-pair file. The key-pair file is used for SSL encryption. You will use the key-pair file when you request and install your server certificate. The certificate is stored in the trust database after installation. The key-pair file is stored encrypted in the following directory:
To Create a Trust Database
- Go to Administer Enterprise Server.
- Click the Security tab.
- Click on the Create Database link.
- Enter a password for the database.
- Repeat.
- Click OK.
After creating a certificate trust database for your server, you can request a certificate and submit it to a Certification Authority (CA).
To Generate the CSR
- Go to Administer Enterprise Server.
- Click on the Security tab.
- Click Request a Certificate.
- In the certificate-request form specify that this is a new certificate.
- Select CA URL (enter anything in the box).
- Select the alias and type in the password that you generated in the key-pair file.
- Type in the Distinguished Name field information:
- Common Name (the URL to which you wish to apply the requested certificate).
NOTE: If you are requesting a Wildcard certificate, please add an asterisk (*) on the left side of the Common Name (e.g., "*.coolexample.com" or "www*.coolexample.com"). This will secure all subdomains of the Common Name.
- E-Mail Address.
- Organization.
- Organization Unit.
- City/Locality: Please spell out city/locality name. Do not abbreviate.
- State/Province: Please spell out state/province name. Do not abbreviate.
- Country Code: The two-letter International Organization for Standardization- (ISO-) format country code for the country in which your organization is legally registered.
- Common Name (the URL to which you wish to apply the requested certificate).
- Review the information and click OK.
- Using a plain-text editor copy and paste the generated CSR into the applicable field in our online enrollment form.
