To generate a CSR, you first need to create a key pair for your server. These two items are a digital certificate key pair and cannot be separated. If you lose your public/private key file or your password and generate a new one, your SSL Certificate will no longer match your private key. You will have to request a new SSL Certificate and may be charged.
Generate a Key Pair and CSR
Step 1: Create a Key Database
- Select the server instance to manage and click Manage.
- Click Security.
- Click Create Database.
- Enter and confirm a password to protect this database.
Step 2: Generate a CSR.
- Click Request a Certificate.
- Enter your own email address as the CA Email address. Although your Sun server supports the use of email for sending certificate requests, Geotrust requires you to paste the certificate request into the enrollment form.
- Enter a key pair file password to protect your keys.
- Fill out all of the CSR information, and click OK.
- The server will generate the CSR and display it on the page. Copy and paste the CSR from there into the enrollment form.
Note: You must copy the entire CSR, including every character in the Begin New Certificate Request and End New Certificate Request lines.
- You have just created a key pair and a CSR.
- Go to the Enrollment URL.
- Paste the information into the enrollment form when prompted for the CSR.
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