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CSR Generation Instructions- BEA Weblogic

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 Weblogic vendor for additional information. 

Generate a Private Key and Certificate Signing Request

1. Start the Certificate Request Generator servlet. The .war file for the servlet is located in the \wlserver6.0\config\mydomain\applications directory. The .war file is automatically installed when you start WebLogic Server.
2. In a Web browser, enter the URL for the Certificate Request Generator servlet as follows: https://hostname:port/Certificate 
    
   The components of this URL are defined as follows:  
    
   hostname: The DNS name of the machine running WebLogic Server 
   port: The number of the port at which WebLogic Server listens for SSL connections. The default is 7002.
3. The Certificate Request Generator servlet loads a form in your web browser.
4. Complete the form displayed in your browser
5. Click the Generate Request button.
6. You have just created a key pair and a CSR.
7. 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).
8. 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.