Submit a certificate request, Install the certificate, Configure portal server resources for ssl – VBrick Systems ETHERNETV V4.4.3 User Manual

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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

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

.

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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