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.
Open OReilly Server Properties. This is located within the Website Professional tool bar under Programs.
Select the Key Ring tab.
Select New Key Pair. Click OK.
The New Key Pair Wizard opens displaying the Generate New Key Pair option. Click Next.
When
creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
Type the Distinguished Name Field information.
The
following
characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( )
?.
Distinguished Name Field |
Explanation |
Example |
Common Name or Fully qualified hostname |
The fully qualified domain name for your web server. This must be an exact match. |
If you intend to secure the URL https://www.geotrust.com, then your CSR's common name must be www.equifaxsecure.com. |
Organization |
The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name. |
GeoTrust Inc. |
Organizational Unit or Department |
Section of the organization |
Marketing |
City or Locality |
The city where your organization is legally located. |
Atlanta |
State or region |
The state or province where your organization is legally located. Can not be abbreviated. |
Georgia |
Country |
The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. |
US = United States |
The
Requestor
Information
dialog box opens:
Requestors
Name
Requestors email
Click Next.
The
Request Disposition dialog box opens:
Specify the file
for the request: Type
a file name.
Save As: Select
a file location.
The default selection will be called
cert-request and
will be located within the \Website\Admin
directory.
Click Next.
The Generate Key Pair and Request dialog box opens: Click Next.
The WebSite New Key Wizard dialog box opens: Type random characters into the text box
The Congratulations dialog box opens: Click Done.
The Web Server Properties dialog box opens: You will notice that the key ring has a question mark. Click Close.
To find your Certificate Signing Request (CSR), go to the location that you specified in the Request Disposition screen. If you did not specify a location, the file will be located in the \Website directory.
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