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.
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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
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Description
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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 | |
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Administrator's Guide to Security |