Generating a Certificate Signing Request or CSR Topics
CSR for Novell® I-ChainCSR for Novell® I-Chain
There are 2 possible views for creating a CSR, the alternative view is at the bottom of this page.
Start the ichain Management http://youriChain:1959/appliance/config.html
Select the Home-Certificate Maintenance panel.
Click Create to create the CSR.
Enter the following fields:
Certificate name - Any alphanumeric name as long as it is unique
Subject name - The DNS name of the site that is to be secured
Signature algorithm - can be SHA or MD5
RSA Key size - use 1024 bits
Select 'Use external certificate authority'
Organization - The company that owns the Web site
Note: Entering spaces may cause problems
City, State or Province code, two-character country code
Click OK.
Ths Certificate Maintenance panel will now look like this:
Click 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:
This is your certificate request that you will need during application.
Alternate View





