To apply for an SSL certificate that is certified by a Certificate Authority, you need to
provide the following information to generate and download the Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
file.
Procedure
In the navigation pane, click Administration > Certificates. The Certificates page is
displayed.
Click the Certificate Authority Signing Request section.
Figure 1. Certificate Authority Signing Request
Enter the fully qualified host name (FQDN) of TSA in the Common Name
field. The minimum character length is 1 and the maximum character length is 64.
Specify the organization name, which differentiates between divisions within an
organization in the Organization Unit field.
Specify the name of the corporation, limited partnership, university, or government
agency in the Organization field.
Specify the city or locality name where the TSA is operated in the
City field.
Specify the state or province name where the TSA is operated in the
State field. If you are not sure of the state, or if state does not apply for
your country, type Unknown.
Select the country name where the TSA is operated in the Country
drop-down.
Specify the number of days that the certificate is valid starting from the time the
certificate is created, in the Number of days until expiration
field.
Subject Alternative Name (SAN): (Optional) Specify the alternative names associated with
this certificate.
DNS (Domain Name System) name
IP address
Email
Subject Alternative Names is the preferred method of adding DNS names to certificates.
Click Generate and download Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file
to create and download the CSR file with the specified information.
