VBrick Systems ETV v4.1 manual Submit a Certificate Request, Install the Certificate

7.Select Create a New Certificate and then select Next. (If Create a New Certificate is

unavailable, the certificate has probably been installed already. If that is the case, skip the rest of the steps, and go to Step 4. Configure ETV Resources for SSL. If you want to create new certificate for ETV Portal Server, select Remove the current certificate to remove the certificate first, and then restart the procedure.)

8.Select Prepare the request now, but send it later and then select Next.

9.Type a descriptive name for the certificate in the Name field, type a bit length for the key

in the Bit length field, and then select Next.

10.Type an organization name (e.g. VBrick) in the Organization field and type an organizational unit (such as Sales Department) in the Organizational unit field, and select Next. (This information will be placed in the certificate request, so make sure it is accurate. The Certificate Authority will verify this information and will place it in the certificate. A user browsing the ETV Portal Server will want to see this information in order to decide if they should accept the certificate.)

11.In the Common name field, type a common name, and then select Next. (Important: The common name is one of the most significant pieces of information that ends up in the certificate.)

12.Enter the appropriate information in the Country/Region, State/Province, and City/ locality fields, and then select Next.

13.Enter a file name for the certificate request. The file contains information similar to the following:

------BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST ------

MIIDZjCCAs………

------END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST ---------

This is a Base 64 encoded representation of the certificate request. The request contains the information entered into the wizard and also your public key and information signed with your private key.

14.Select Next. The wizard displays a summary of the information contained in the certificate request.

15.Select Next and select Finish to complete the request process.

2. Submit a Certificate Request

If a CA-signed Certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority (such as VeriSign or Thawte) is going to be purchased, the certificate can now be sent to a CA for verification and processing. After the certificate response is received from the CA, the installation process can continue on the ETV Portal Server. Purchasing a CA-signed certificate will cause a security alert in the browser upon access to the server.

3. Install the Certificate

TTo install the certificate on the ETV Portal Server:

1.Start the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager.

2.Expand the server name and select the web site for which the certificate will be installed.

3.Right-click the web site and then select Properties.

4.Select the Directory Security tab

5.Select Server Certificate to launch the Web Server Certificate Wizard

6.Select Process the pending request and install the certificate and then click Next.

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