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cloudappliance/createcsr [2018_05_17 00:19] dougcloudappliance:createcsr [2024_03_18 19:54] (current) – removed steven
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-====== Creating a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) ====== 
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-Log in as smeconfiguser then become root 
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-    openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -out my_fqdn.com.csr -keyout my_fqdn.com.key -subj "/C=US/ST=MyState/L=MyCity/O=MyOrganization/OU=MyOrganizationalUnit/CN=my.fqdn.com" 
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-This will generate 2 files: 
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-    my_fqdn.com.key 
-    my_fqdn.com.csr 
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-Copy the file my_fqdn.com.key to the private certs folder 
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-    cp my_fqdn.com.key /etc/pki/tls/private/ 
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-Ensure the file is in the proper location before deleting it: 
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-    cat /etc/pki/tls/private/my_fqdn.com.key 
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-    rm my_fqdn.com.key 
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-Send the CSR to the Certificate Authority of choice 
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-    cat my_fqdn.com.csr 
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-The certificate authority will reply with a signed public key and intermediary certs. 
-These can be uploaded to the File Fabric when configuring via [[cloudappliance:applinstallv1705|smeconfigserver]]. 
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