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V.
The request gets added to the agent queue of the remote Certificate
Manager for approval by that Certificate Manager’s agent. If you’ve
permission to access that Certificate Manager’s Agent interface, you
can follow the instructions below to issue the certificate. Otherwise,
you’ll have to wait till the remote Certificate Manager’s agent
approves your request.
VI.
In the web browser window, enter the URL for the remote Certificate
Manager’s Agent Services page. (You must have a valid agent’s
certificate.)
VII.
Select List Requests, click Show Pending Requests, and click Find.
VIII.
In the pending request list, locate your request, click Details to see it.
After checking the certificate request and making required changes,
scroll down to the last section, labeled Privileges.
IX.
Select the check box labeled “This certificate is for a Trusted Manager.”
(Note that you must be a designated CMS administrator as well as an
agent for this option to work correctly.)
X.
Type a user ID for the new Registration Manager. This user ID can be
the same that you specified in the certificate request, or it can be some
other ID that you want to use to identify this manager in the CMS
window of Netscape Console, such as
RMEng
.
XI.
Scroll to the bottom and click Do It.
XII.
After the certificate is generated, click Show Certificate.
XIII.
When the certificate is displayed, scroll down to the base-64 encoded
version of the certificate, highlight all the text (including
-----BEGIN
CERTIFICATE -----
and
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
), and copy it
to the clipboard or to a text file.
Be sure to not make any changes to the certificate. You’re required to
paste the encoded certificate into the Installation Wizard next. So, once
you’ve copied the certificate, go back to the wizard screen (Step 17).
❍
To submit your certificate request manually to a third-party CA, follow
these steps:
I.
Make sure that the certificate request (including
-----BEGIN NEW
CERTIFICATE REQUEST -----
and
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE
REQUEST -----)
is highlighted, and click the Copy to Clipboard
button.
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