Axis Communications AXIS 5550, Network Print Servers manual Importing a Certificate, Over https

Configuration Possibilities

Generating a Certificate Request

Importing a

Certificate

Accessing the Print

Server’s Web Pages

over https://

browser session. The browser reports the new state by changing into https mode. In the browser’s Security Alert box, select View Certificate and Install Certificate. Follow the instructions of the Install Certificate Wizard.

Select the Generate Certificate Request radio button and click Next.

Enter the data asked for:

•Country Name: Example: US

•State or Province Name: Example: California

•Locality Name: Example: Los Angeles

•Organization Name: Example: Printers Inc

•Organizational Unit Name: Example: Sales Dept

•Common Name*: Example: printserver2@company.com

•Current Date (yyyy/mm/dd): Example: 2004/09/28

•Validity Duration (in days): Example: 365

*Common Name denotes the name given to the print server in the network. If you do not have a DNS server on your network, you must include the domain name, e. g. xxx@company.com

Click Finish.

Now the print server will generate a public/private key pair and a PEM- encoded Certificate Request, called cert.pem. Click Save, Save this file to disk and Save.

Send this Certificate Request to your Certificate Authority for their signature.

When you receive the PEM-encoded certificate from your Certificate Authority, open the print server’s Web interface and select Admin Security Settings. Click Import and follow the instructions on the screen.

Whenever SSL/TLS is enabled, you can only reach the print server’s Web interface through the secure services. The unsecure way via http:// is closed and now you have to address the print server’s Web interface in the secure way, i.e. via https://.

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