Post configuration steps, Submitting a certificate verification request – VBrick Systems VOD-W Server VBrick v4.2.1 User Manual

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7. Enter the appropriate information in the

Country/Region

,

State/Province

, and

City/

locality

fields, and then select

Next

.

8. 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.

9. Select

Next

. The wizard displays a summary of the information contained in the

certificate request.

10. Select

Next

and select

Finish

to complete the request process.

3. Submitting a Certificate Verification Request

If a CA-signed Certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority (such as VeriSign or Thawte)
is going to be purchased, the certificate request 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 VOD-W. You can also generate your own certificate rather than using a
certificate authority.

4. Installing a New Certificate from a Certificate Authority

T

To install the certificate on the VOD-W:

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 VOD-W.

9. Click

Edit...

under

Secure communications

.

10. Check

Require secure channel (SSL)

. For more secure encryption, also check

Require

128-bit encryption

. Click

OK

.

11. Click

Apply

and

OK

.

Post Configuration Steps

No additional configuration is required after installation and once you have completed the
steps up to this point you are good to go. However, if you subsequently need to change the
IP address or default storage path for example, use the server configuration utility (see
Configuring the Server on page 18). The supported configurable parameters include the
following and others:

Note The default FTP server also transmits user names and passwords in an easily

discovered form. The topic "Using Secure FTP" in the Portal Server Admin Guide
explains how to install and configure secure FTP.

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