VBrick Systems Portal Server ETV v4.1 - Manual (Page 104)

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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
T To 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
.