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Lotus Domino 4.6 and higher

Creating a Certificate Signing Request

  1. Open Notes Workspace and choose the database you set up for your web server to enter the Server Certificate Administration application.
  1. Select Create Key Ring.

Type your key ring file name

Type your key ring password

Confirm password by retyping it.

Warning: If you lose the key ring password, you must purchase a new certificate.

3.    When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.

Enter the Distinguished Name Field information.

The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?.  

 

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Distinguished Name Field

Explanation

Example

Key Size

Bit length - determines key length

1024

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

Organization Name

The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate

IPS S.L.

Organizational Unit

Optional for additional organization information

Marketing

City or Locality

The city where your organization is located.

Atlanta

State or Province Name

The state or province where your organization is located. Can not be abbreviated.

Georgia

Country Name

The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country

US = United States

 
  1. Click OK in the Key Ring Created dialog box.
  1. Select Create Certificate Request.

Type your key ring file name

Type your password

Click Create Certificate Request

Note: Remember to back up your key pair file.

  1. Submit your CSR to IPSCA.  

 


 CSR Instalation

 

Installing a Server Certificate on a Lotus Notes or Domino Server

This document introduces installing a Server Certificate, and answers questions you might have.

Installing a Server Certificate

When you receive your new Server Certificate , you need to extract it from the e-mail message and install it on your server. To do this:
  1. From your e-mail program, save the Server Certificate PRIVACY-ENHANCED message to a file, such as cert.txt. You do not need to save the entire e-mail message body, only the "PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE" section.
  2. Open the SSL Administration interface.
  3. Choose merge certificate into key ring.
  4. Specify the Global Server Certificate file name. This is the file name you specified when you saved your Global Server Certificate in Step 1. You must enter the full path to the specified file, for example c:\notes\data\cert.txt.
  5. Specify the key ring file name, keyfile.kyr. This is the file name you specified when you created your key ring. You must enter the full path to the specified file, for example c:\notes\data\keyfile.kyr.
  6. Enter your key ring password. This is the password you entered when you created the key ring.

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