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SSL Certificates Support
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CSR Generation Instructions- Lotus Domino Server versions 5.0x
To generate a CSR,
you will need to create a key pair for your server. These two items
are a digital certificate key pair and cannot be separated. If you lose
your public/private key file or your password and generate a new one,
your SSL Certificate will no longer match. You will have to request
a new SSL Certificate and may be charged.
VeriSign recommends
that you contact the Domino vendor for additional information.
Step 1: Generate a Private Key and Certificate
Signing Request
- Launch the Domino Administration client.
- Select File-Open Server and select the Domino server you wish to administer
- Click the file tab
- Double click on Server Certificate Administration database (certsrv.nsf)
- From the administration panel, click System Databases and choose Open
Domino Server Certificate Administration (CERTSRV.NSF) on the local
machine.
- Click Create Key Ring.
- Enter a name for the key ring file in the "Key Ring File Name"
field.
- Enter a password for the server key ring file in the "Key Ring
Password" field. Note Password is an alphanumeric set of characters
that protects the key ring from unauthorised use. The password is case
sensitive. You should specify at least 12 alphanumeric characters for
the password.
- Specify the components of your server's distinguished name.
- Click Create Key Ring.
- After you read the information about the key ring file and distinguished
server name, click OK.
- Click Create Certificate Request.
- If you want to log information about this request in the Server Certificate
Administration application, select Yes in the "Log Certificate
Request" field. Otherwise, select No.
- Click Create Certificate Request.
- Enter the password of the key ring file that you specified in step
7.
- You have just created a key pair and a CSR.
- To copy and paste the information into the enrolment form, open the
file in a text editor that does not add extra characters (Notepad or
Vi are recommended).
- Go to Enrolment.
Terms Defined
Common Name
The Common Name
is the Host + Domain Name. It looks like "www.company.co.uk"
or "company.co.uk".
VeriSign certificates
can only be used on Web servers using the Common Name specified during
enrolment. For example, a certificate for the domain "domain.co.uk"
will receive a warning if accessing a site named "www.domain.co.uk"
or "secure.domain.co.uk", because "www.domain.co.uk"
and "secure.domain.co.uk" are different from "domain.co.uk".
Organisation Information
- If your company or department has an &, @, or any other symbol
using the shift key in its name, you must spell out the symbol or omit
it to enrol.
- The “Org Unit” field is the name of the department or organisation
unit making the request.
- The Locality field is the city or town name, for example: Guildford.
- Do not abbreviate the county name, for example: Surrey.
- Use the two-letter code without punctuation for country, for example:
GB.
Contact Information
During the verification
process, VeriSign may need to contact your organisation. Be sure to
provide an email address, phone number, and fax number that will be
checked and responded to quickly. These fields are not part of the certificate.
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