Request Server Certificate

This page allows you to request or renew a certificate.

After creating a trust database, you can request a certificate and submit it to a certificate authority (CA). If your company has its own internal CA, request your certificate from them. If you plan to purchase your certificate from a commercial CA, choose a CA and ask for the specific format of the information they require.

tip A trust database must already exist before you can request a new certificate or renew and existing certificate.

The following table describes the fields and buttons on the page. The left column lists the fields and buttons; the right column describes the functionality.

Field or Button
Description

New certificate

Indicates you are creating a new certificate.

Certificate renewal

Indicates you are renewing an existing certificate.

CA email address

Specifies the email address for the CA. Must be of the form name@company.com

CA URL

Specifies the URL for the CA. Must be of the form http://company.com

Cryptographic Module

Indicates what cryptographic module is used for the server. The default, internal, refers to the software implementation that comes with the product.

Key-Pair File Password

Indicates the password for the key-pair database for the server instance.

Requestor Name

Specifies the name under which the certificate will be issued.

Telephone Number

Requestor's telephone number.

Common Name

Specifies the fully qualified hostname used in DNS lookups (for example, www.sun.com). This is the hostname in the URL that a browser uses to connect to your site. It is important that these two names be the same. Otherwise, a client is notified that the certificate name does not match the site name, which often makes users doubt the authenticity of your certificate.

Email Address

Specifies the business email address used for correspondence between you and the CA. Must be of the form name@company.com

Organization

Specifies the legal name or the organization you are requesting a certificate for.

Organizational Unit

(optional) Specifies the organizational unit of the organization you are requesting a certificate for.

Locality

(optional) Specifies a description of the city, principality, or country for the organization.

State or Province

Unabbreviated state or province.

Country

Two-character abbreviation, in ISO format.

OK

Saves the data you have entered on this page and submits your request to the URL or email address of the CA you indicated.

Reset

Resets the values on the page to the default values.

See also

Install Server Certificate

Manage Server Certificates

Sun ONE Applicaton Server Administrator's Guide to Security


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