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Figure 98 Displayed View of the Certificate Signing Request
5. Copy the contents of the certificate request into a text file so that you can paste it into the Directory
Certificate Services web form as described in Obtaining a Signed Certificate from Active Directory on page
113.
6. To save the Certificate Signing Request file and the private key password file, click Download CSR and
Private Key Files.
Be sure to note the location where you save the Certificate Signing Request and the private key password files.
Importing the Root CAFiles to the Certificate Trust List
Make sure the root Certificate Authority (CA) certificate and any intermediate CA certificates are downloaded as
separate base-64-encoded files and imported into the Certificate Trust List in W-ClearPass before starting this
operation.
To import the root CA files into the W-ClearPass server Certificate Trusted List:
1. Get all of the root CA certificate and any intermediate CA certificates from your Active Directory
administrator.
This typically consists of a root CA certificate and one or more intermediate CA certificates.
2. In W-ClearPass Policy Manager, navigate to Administration > Certificates > Trust List.