CSR Support

Cobalt RaQ2

Generating Private Key

1. Telnet to the server, authenticate as the user admin.

2. Re-authenticate as the user root using the same password as was used to authenticate as the user admin by typing su from the command line.

3. Change directories to the web server configuration directory by typing cd/etc/http-d7conf

4. Make an SSL key by typing make genkey. You will need to type in a passphrase that will be used when generating certificates and when starting the secure web server. Do not forget this passphrase!

5. Make a certificate request by typing make certreq. You will need to specify some information about the web site and the exact server name to be used  

Country Name

The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country

US = United States

State or Province Name

The state or province where your organization is located. It cannot be abbreviated.

Georgia

City or Locality

The city where your organization is located.

Atlanta

Organization Name

The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate

IPS S.L.

Organizational Unit

Optional for additional organization information

Marketing

Common Name (Server Host Name)

The fully qualified domain name for your web server. You will get a certificate name check warning if this is not an exact match.

If you intend to secure the URL https://secure.yourURL.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.yourURL.com

6. The certificate request file is placed in /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.csr/server.csr.
   
7. Submit your CSR to IPSCA.