AMX NI-3101-SIG Common Steps for Requesting a Certificate from a CA, Communicating with the CA

NetLinx Security within the Web Server

Common Steps for Requesting a Certificate from a CA

Once the request has begun, a user has the choice to either remain using their self-generated SSL certificate or obtain a CA created certificate by exporting their request for the certificate and then, once received, import the returned certificate information onto the Master.

Communicating with the CA

A certificate is a cryptographically signed object that associates a public key and an identity. Certificates also include other information in extensions such as permissions and comments. A "CA" is short for Certification Authority and is an internal entity or trusted third party that issues, signs, revokes, and manages these digital certificates.

1.Navigate to the Web Server Certificate HTML page on your CA’s web site.

A Web Server certificate allows you to authenticate through a Web browser via SSL In order to successfully verify other certificates it is also necessary to import the CA key into the Web Server. Refer to theServer - Creating a Request for an SSL Certificate section on page 81.

This is done as part of the process of receiving your Web Server certificate.

Only a user with administrator privileges can request a server certificate.

2.Enter in the company information, such as: name, e-mail, address, state, and country.

3.Agree to any licensing agreements and continue to the next part of the registration process.

4.Enter the name of the server being used (this is the Master).

The server name is the name as it shows up in the URL of the Master you are securing with this server certificate. For example, if the URL of the Master is https://www.myNetLinxMaster.com/, then enter the server name as www.myNetLinx Master.com.

5.Send the CA the text created by your certificate request through the Master by exporting this information within the Server Certificate page. Refer to theServer - Creating a Request for an SSL Certificate section on page 81 for the procedures necessary to generate the certificate text file.

6.Follow the procedures outlined in the following section to export the data to the CA.

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