Step 1: Generate a Key Pair and Certificate Signing Request

   1. Click SSL > Certificates > Generate > Request.
   2. Select your newly created certificate identifier in the drop-down menu at the top.
   3. Fill out the fields including the common name, organization and location information.
   4. Choose 2048 in the Key size field. This is most likely default.
   5. Click Update.
   6. Click Apply button on the top of the screen.
   7. To copy and paste the information into the enrollment form, open the file in a text editor that does not add extra characters
   8. Click Apply Changes.
   9. Go to our webpage to do the SSL Certificate Request

 

Terms defined:
 

Country Name (C):
Use the two-letter code without punctuation for country, for example: US or CA.

State or Province (S):
Spell out the state completely; do not abbreviate the state or province name, for example: California

Locality or City (L):
The Locality field is the city or town name, for example: Berkeley.

Organization (O):
If your company or department has an &, @, or any other symbol using the shift key in its name, you must spell out the symbol or omit it to enroll.  Example: XYZ Corporation

Organizational Unit (OU):
This field is optional; but can be used to help identify certificates registered to an organization. The Organizational Unit (OU) field is the name of the department or organization unit making the request.

Common Name (CN):
The Common Name is the Host + Domain Name. It looks like "www.company.com" or "company.com".
Note: When prompted for your "first- and lastname", enter the desired Common Name.

SSL Certificates can only be used on Web servers using the Common Name specified during enrollment. For example, a certificate for the domain "domain.com" will receive a warning if accessing a site named "www.domain.com" or "secure.domain.com", because "www.domain.com" and "secure.domain.com" are different from "domain.com".

Networking4all certificates can only be used on Web servers using the Common Name specified during enrollment. For example, a certificate for the domain "domain.com" will receive a warning if accessing a site named "www.domain.com" or "secure.domain.com", because "www.domain.com" and "secure.domain.com" are different from "domain.com".


Please do not enter your email address, challenge password or an optional company name when generating the CSR.