VBrick Systems V4.4.3 manual Submit a Certificate Request, Install the Certificate

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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.

7.Enter the path and file name of the file that contains the response from the CA, and then click Next.

8.Examine the certificate overview, click Next, and then click Finish. A certificate is now installed on the ETV Portal Server.

4. Configure Portal Server Resources for SSL

After installing the certificate on the ETV Portal Server, the ETV Portal Server can now be configured for SSL. As explained below, the Portal Server supports two different modes for SSL security:

•Hardened SSL – All pages in the Portal Server Admin and Portal Server client applications are secured with SSL. Users will see the padlock icon at the bottom of the screen on all pages.

•Non-Hardened SSL – All pages in the Portal Server Admin application; only the Portal Server client login page is secured.

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