7–Installing Management Applications
Detailed Procedures
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During the generation of the CSR, you are prompted for several pieces of
information. When prompted for the “Common Name”, enter the Windows
Server host name or IP address.
Enter the following command (sample responses are shown):
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
If this command does not work, try the following:
openssl req –new –key server.key –out server.csr –config
openssl.cnf
The openssl.cnf file should be placed in the same directory where openssl is
placed. Openssl.cnf is located in the folder
C:\Program Files
(x86)\GnuWin32\share
.
The following information is requested:
Country Name (2 letter code) []:
US
State or Province Name (full name) []:
California
Locality Name (city) []:
Irvine
Organization Name (company) []:
QLogic Corporation
Organizational Unit Name (section) []:
Engineering
Common Name (your name) []: Enter the host name or IP address of
the Windows server. For iPv6, enter the Common Name in the format
[xyxy:xxx:….::xxx],
including the brackets [ ]
.
(Optional) Email Address []:
Enter the following additional attributes to be sent with your certificate
request:
A challenge password []:
linux1
An optional company name []:
4.
Remove the passphrase from the key.
Enter the following commands:
cp server.key server.key.org
openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
5.
Generate a self-signed certificate:
