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Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from RapidSSL.com
C2Net STRONGHOLD Web Server
Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to RapidSSL.com in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.
Enter the Stronghold Configuration Manager.
Select New Key Generation to create a new key file.
Enter
key size (either 512 or 1024 bits) and follow instructions for generating
the random data. 1024 bits is the recommended key size.
**** Note: The encryption key size (512 bit, 1024 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 |
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Country Name |
The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. |
US = United States |
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State or Province Name |
The state or province where your organization is located. Can not be abbreviated. |
Georgia |
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City or Locality |
The city where your organization is located. |
Atlanta |
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Company (Organization) Name |
The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name. |
My Company, Inc |
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Organizational Unit |
Optional for additional organizational information. |
Marketing |
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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.mydomain.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.mydomain.com |
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Server Administration email address (if applicable) |
Your email address |
abc@mydomain.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 and complete the online enrollment at RapidSSL.com. This is the text beginning with "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----" up to and including the text "-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----".
Note: See also C2Net's documentation on key generation and installation instructions for both STRONGHOLD 2.3 and STRONGHOLD 2.4.x .
