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Creating your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from ssl247.com
IBM HTTP 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 SSL247 in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.
- Start the key manangement utility:
If WinNT/2000: click start button - IBM HTTP Server - Start Key Management Utility
If Unix: type /usr/bin/ikeyman& from command line. - Select Key Database File from the main menu, select New, then CMS key database file.
- You will be prompted for a password. Warning: If you forget the password, you must purchase another certificate.
- Enter the location and name for the key database file.
- Select "Personal Certificate Request" from the pull-down list in the middle of the application window.
- Select New. You should choose 1024 for the key size.
- Select the stash option to save the password in a .sth file
- When creating a CSR you must follow the conventions in the table below. Complete the following Distinguished Name Field information.
- The following characters can not be accepted: <
> ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ? & , .
Specify the name and location for the request file (CSR). - You are now ready to submit your CSR for the certificate
you wish to install:
- FreeSSL
- RapidSSL™
- RapidSSL Pro™
- RapidSSL Pro Wildcard™
- GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium™
- Geotrust True BusinessID®
- Geotrust True BusinessID® Wildcard
- GeoTrust PowerServer ID™
- GlobalSign Domain ServerSign™
- GlobalSign Domain ServerSign™ Wildcard
- GlobalSign Extended ServerSign™
- GlobalSign Organization ServerSign™
- GlobalSign Organization ServerSign™ with IP
- GlobalSign Organization ServerSign™ Wildcard
- GlobalSign Organization ServerSign™ with SAN
- VeriSign Secure Site
- VeriSign Secure Site Pro
- VeriSign Secure Site Pro with EV
| Distinguished Name Fields | Explanation | Example |
| Country
Name |
The
two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. Please
click here for the complete list of ISO country
codes. |
US
= United States GB = United Kingdom |
| State
or Province Name |
The
state or province where your organization is located.
Can not be abbreviated. |
Georgia
|
| City
or Locality |
The
city where your organization is located. |
Atlanta
|
| Company
(Organization) Name |
The
exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate
your organization name. |
My
Company, Inc |
| Organizational
Unit |
Optional
for additional organizational information. |
Marketing
|
| 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
|
| Server
Administration email address (if applicable) |
Your
email address |
abc@mydomain.com
|
|