Signing a server certificate
Signing a certificate is a simple procedure. Certificates look a lot alike. The Certificate Management stores look a lot alike
Follow the procedure carefully confirming at each step that you are working in the correct stores with the correct root and
server certificate
Prerequisites: You are working in
Perform the following steps:
- Click .The Certificate Signing window opens.
Notice that the
CA Aliasidentifies the root certificate. - Click the folder icon to the right of
Select a certificate signing request to sign:, navigate to theserverCSRsfolder you created (), click the server CSR, and click Open.the Certificate Signing window for the server certificate opens.
- Verify that the
Subjectidentifies the expected platform/station IP address or domain name and that theCA Aliasidentifies the root certificate. - To sign the certificate, enter the root certificate’s
CA Passwordand click OK.ThecertManagementfolder opens. - Double-click the
signedCSRsfolder and click Save.
You now have a signed server certificate request.