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Advice: Before you begin, you should know the port which your server uses to listen for SSL connections.


1) Start the Certificate Request Generator. This is done by entering the following into your web browser

https://hostname:port/certificate

2) A form will be loaded into your web browser. Input the information at each prompt, then

Click the 'Generate Request' button. (If any required fields are left blank, you will be so prompted by the servlet.)

The Certificate Request Generator servlet will create three files:

yourdomain-key.der - the private key file
yourdomain-request.dem - the certificate request in binary format
yourdomain-request.pem - the certificate request in ASCII format


Advice: If you choose not to give a password, you will receive an unencyrpted RSA private key. If you do give a password, your private key will be PKCS-8 encrypted. With the latter, you must check the Use Encrypted Keys field on the SSL tab in the Server window of the Administration Console.

The last of the three files is the one to open and copy/ paste into the SSL247 web form (including the BEGIN and END tags).

You are now ready to submit your CSR for the certificate you wish to install