Generate CSR Instructions: iPlanet Enterprise Server 4.1
Follow these instructions to generate a Private Key and CSR for your Web site.
- Start your iPlanet Enterprise web server.
- Open the iPlanet Netscape administration page.
- Log in as the administrator.
- Click on Security.
- Select Create Database (If you have not already created the security database). If no database exists, iPlanet Web Server creates the proper key and certificate database files and stores them in the alias/ directory (otherwise, iPlanet Web Server displays an error message).
- Type in Database Password. Confirm Password. Click OK.
- Click on Request a Certificate.
- Select New Certificate.
- Select CA URL (enter www.geotrust.com in the box). Note: this selection is arbitrary; you will be presented with the resulting CSR in the next window - that's when you cut-and-paste the CSR and save it as a text file.
- Enter your key pair file password.
- Type in the Distinguished Name field information (see table below).
- When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions. Enter the information
to be displayed in the certificate. The following characters cannot
be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ / \ ( ) ? , &
CSR Input Fields Field Explanation Example Common Name (CN)
(host name, FQDN, etc.)The fully qualified domain name for your web server. This must be an exact match. If you intend to secure the URL https://www.domain.com, then your CSR's common name must be "www.domain.com".
For https://secure.domain.com it must be "secure.domain.com".
For just https://domain.com it must be just "domain.com".
For https://owa.mailserver.net it must be "owa.mailserver.net".
A Wildcard for https://sub.primary-domain.com must be "*.primary-domain.com". The asterisk must be included for Wildcard CSR's.Organization (O) The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name. Metro Realty LLC or Flowers by Jenny Organizational Unit (OU) Section of the organization Sales Division or IT or Marketing City or Locality (L) The city where your organization is legally located. Cannot be abbreviated. Boston State (S) or Province The state or province where your organization is legally located. Cannot be abbreviated. Massachusetts Country (C) The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. US, CA, GB, (must be two-letters) Email Any email address. This field is arbitrary but must be filled in. GeoTrust will not use this email address to process your order. user@domain.com Key Bit Length The key bit length has to do with the initial key exchange, not the encryption strength of your certificate. GeoTrust recommends a key bit length of at least 1024 - Click OK when finished.
- Enter Certificate Request Information:
What You See What You Should Type Operation Submit CSR Certificate Type Server Requester Name John Doe Requester Email john@doe.com Requester Phone 888-555-1212 Requester Comments (leave blank) - The system will generate a CSR in PKCS #10 format.
- Save a copy of your CSR. The CSR will be needed during the purchase
process. You'll be asked to copy-and-paste
your CSR into a special CSR box.
Below is an example of what your CSR will look like. This is a example only and cannot be used to generate your SSL certificate.-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- MIIB3zCCAUgCAQAwgZ4xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdHZW9yZ2lhMRAw DgYDVQQHEwdBdGxhbnRhMREwDwYDVQQKEwhHZW9DZXJ0czEaMBgGA1UECxMRSW5l cm5ldCBNYXJrZXRpbmcxGTAXBgNVBAMTEHd3dy5nZW9jZXJ0cy5jb20xITAfBgkq hkiG9w0BCQEWEmFkbWluQGdlb2NlcnRzLmNvbTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOB jQAwgYkCgYEA5KOi+RnRzBuBQeFYjrwZg1sfT7zr4L8j0Khuoj621x+lGBmFC76c kGclUIQBmuyp9T9NrNqAjGtEmgdFr6cWLJtgXgi+BaZDLX9BMYF49NuTggNoEUMX crQRAENHb2YthG2SEcF5p98RNcDPzWOA3a4AMvgkxDlDGYUhbcQhnt0CAwEAAaAA MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAA4GBAIapt6Tw0BTYUwEAX0/oKvaaN/ghErR85jdW7xOD b1hL0yNfb495A7e/IQyBEP5a/v+QUOtibHS4geiPhH9etAI+DSQmctjbf6dMGJql gCXGwlsTbjPOSmNT+/X2Uvf1BlplwqAMDghEuFHsjshlypz1NEg94ri2K9N1VrBs
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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
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