Certificate Management

Steps for "Generate Self Signed Certificate"

1. From the Settings screen, click Certificate Management.

   The Certificate Management screen is displayed.

2. Click Generate CSR to generate a certificate signing request.

   The Generate CSR dialog box displays.

3. Enter the following information in the Generate CSR dialog box:

   Table 17. Generate CSR Dialog Parameters

   Parameter	Definition
   Country	Two-letter ISO code for the country in which you are located. Required.
   State	Province, region, county, or state in which you are located (no abbreviations). Required.
   City	Name of the city in which you are located (no abbreviations). Required.
   Company	Name of your company. Required.
   Department	Name of your department or organizational unit. Required.
   Server FQDN	Fully-qualified domain name for your organization. Required.
   Email	Email address of the contact at your company, generally an administrator or the IT department.

   
   
   

   Important

   You must use a FQDN for Hostname in Appliance Network Settings.

   Warning

   Do not use backslash (\) or double quote (") character in the Certificate Management Request.

4. Click OK.

   The Generate CSR dialog box disappears and you see a message is displayed indicating CSR generation as well as the date and time of the CSR’s generation.

5. Click the CSR to get the option to view or download the CSR.

6. Deliver the generated CSR to your certificate authority using your normal process.

   After you get your certificate back from the certificate authority, follow these steps:

7. Complete the SSL Certificate by clicking Browse to find your SSL certificate. Concatenate the root certificate, all intermediate certificates, and the signed certificate into one file.

8. Click Upload to upload the certificate.

   You are logged out of your UI session. In approximately one minute you are directed to the Virtana Infrastructure Performance Management. Login screen.