Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Generation - Microsoft Novell i-chain

Start the ichain Management http://youriChain:1959/appliance/config.html
Select the Home-Certificate Maintenance panel.
Select Create to create the CSR

Enter the following fields:

• Certificate name - Any alphanumeric name as long as it is unique
• Subject name - The fully qualified domain name of the site that is to be secured
• Signature algorithm - select RSA encryption with SHA-1 hash
• RSA Key size - use 1024 bits
• Select 'Use external certificate authority'
• Organization - The organisation that owns the web site
  Note: Entering spaces may cause problems
• City - enter your city
  Note: Entering spaces may cause problems
• State/Province - UK based installations can use a County
  Note: Entering spaces may cause problems
• Country - enter GB

Select OK.

The Certificate Maintenance panel will now look like this:

Select Apply to generate the CSR. When it is ready the Status will indicate "CSR in Progress".

When you select 'View the CSR'. You should see the full certificate request in a browser window.  Select and save all text in a file (e.g. mycsr.txt) that you will later use in the enrolment web form.

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