Submit a certificate request, Install the certificate – VBrick Systems Portal Server ETV v4.2.1 User Manual

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5. Select the

Server Certificate

button within

Secure

communications to launch the Web

Server Certificate Wizard.

6. Select

Next

on the Welcome dialog box.

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

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