Generate a certificate signing request (CSR)
To generate a CSR:
- Navigate to Infrastructure > Certificates .
- Choose Add > Generate a certificate request from the ellipsis menu and specify the required information. The information is exactly the same as described in Generate a self-signed certificate .
- After entering the information, click Generate . The certificate information view will open.
- Click Certificate Request in the middle pane to view the request data. Copy and paste it into a text editor and save the file for your records. This view also also allows you to import a public key at this time. You can submit the request to a certificate authority now, obtain the public key, and import it without closing the view, or you can do it later.
To submit the request to a certificate authority and import a public key:
- If the certificate request view is closed, open it (click the request in the main list and click Certificate Request ).
- Copy the request and paste it into the certificate authority web page (or email it, in which case you will need to come back to this view later).
- Obtain the certificate file from the certificate authority.
- Click the Import public key button and finalize the certificate registration by specifying the key file and the certificate file.