Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, click the "close" button below to close this window and continue to the next step.
Enter the Stronghold Configuration Manager.
Select New Key Generation to create a new key file.
Enter
key size (either 512 or 2048 bits) and follow instructions
for generating the random data. 2048 bits is the recommended key size.
**** Note: The encryption key size (512 bit, 2048 bit) has nothing
to do with the actual session key (128 bit, 40 bit)
When
creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
Enter the Distinguished Name Field information.
The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?. &
Distinguished Name Fields |
Explanation |
Example |
Country Name |
The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. |
US = United States |
State or Province Name |
The state or province where your organization is located. Can not be abbreviated. |
Georgia |
City or Locality |
The city where your organization is located. |
Atlanta |
Company (Organization) Name |
The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name. |
GeoTrust Inc. |
Organizational Unit |
Optional for additional organizational information. |
Marketing |
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.geotrust.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.geotrust.com |
Server Administration email address (if applicable) |
Your email address |
abc@goetrust.com |
The
key pair will be generated and saved in the file: strongholdserverroot/private/hostname.key.
example: /usr/local/stronghold/private/www.something.com.key
Edit this file to extract the CSR data to send to GeoTrust. This is the text beginning with "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----" up to and including the text "-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----".
Submit your CSR to GeoTrust by clicking on <Continue>, you will be asked to complete the agreement and the enrollment form as well.
Note: See also C2Net's documentation on key generation and installation instructions for both STRONGHOLD 2.3 and STRONGHOLD 2.4.x .
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