10-8
Submitting a Certificate Request in Auto Mode
In auto mode, an entity automatically requests a certificate through the SCEP protocol when it has no
local certificate or the present certificate is about to expire.
Follow these steps to configure an entity to submit a certificate request in auto mode:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter PKI domain view
pki domain domain-name
—
Set the certificate request
mode to auto
certificate request mode auto
[
key-length key
-
length
|
password
{
cipher
|
simple
}
password
] *
Required
Manual by default
Submitting a Certificate Request in Manual Mode
In manual mode, you need to retrieve a CA certificate, generate a local RSA key pair, and submit a
local certificate request for an entity.
The goal of retrieving a CA certificate is to verify the authenticity and validity of a local certificate.
Generating an RSA key pair is an important step in certificate request. The key pair includes a public
key and a private key. The private key is kept by the user, while the public key is transferred to the CA
along with some other information. For detailed information about RSA key pair configuration, refer to
Public Key Configuration
in the
Security Volume
.
Follow these steps to submit a certificate request in manual mode:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter PKI domain view
pki domain
domain-name
—
Set the certificate request
mode to manual
certificate request mode
manual
Optional
Manual by default
Return to system view
quit
—
Retrieve a CA certificate
manually
Refer to
Retrieving a Certificate
Manually
Required
Generate a local RSA key pair
public-key local create
rsa
Required
No local RSA key pair exists by
default.
Submit a local certificate
request manually
pki request-certificate
domain domain-name
[
password
] [
pkcs10
[
filename
filename
] ]
Required
