HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Related topics

• Server certificates

• Networking and security

• Installing OpenSSH

• Managing SSH keys

Creating a certificate signing request

Create a certificate signing request (CSR) to replace the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)

Secure Sockets

Layer

(SSL) server certificate and

private key

The CSR includes any alternative names that exist in the certificate. If this causes issues for any desired

Certificate Authorities (CA), the certificate might need to be modified to remove alternative names.

To create a certificate signing request:

1. Select Options→Security→Certificates→Server Certificates, and then click Import. The Import

Server Certificate section appears.

2. Click more next to Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

The Create Certificate Signing Request section follows the Import Server Certificate section.

Note: The current certificate parameters are shown. Selecting to create a CSR does not create a new

key-pair or change any certificate parameters. If you want to create a new key-pair, create a new

certificate. If you want to modify the certificate parameters, click Edit (instead of Import) on the Server

Certificate page.

3. To create a PKCS #10 signing request that is downloaded through a standard browser, click Create.

In Internet Explorer, use the File Download dialog box. In Mozilla, save the text in the new browser

window to a file.

4. Send the certificate file to a

Certificate Authority (CA)

, which can be internal or external.

Note: The existing

self-signed certificate

is still valid, so the SSL web server remains operational for

browsing until the signed certificate is received from the CA.

Related procedures

• Importing a server certificate

• Importing a CA-signed certificate

• Submitting a certificate signing request