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Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits. 1024 Bits are supposed to be sufficient for most cases. Longer keys may result in slower response time of the console server when establishing connection.

Once this is done, click on the button Generate CSR which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request generation. The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download button.

Send the saved CSR string to a Certification Authority (CA) for certification. You will get the new certificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process (depending on the CA).

Upload the certificate to the console server using the Upload button as shown below.

After completing these steps, the console server has its own certificate that is used for identifying the console server to its users.

Note You can find information on issuing certificates and configuring HTTPS from the command line in Chapter 15.

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