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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Creating a Certificate Signing Request

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»About Login
»About Secure Task Execution
»Configuring the System Link
»Configuring Login Events
»Configuring Browser Timeout Options
»Server Certificates
»Exporting a Server Certificate
»Editing a Server Certificate
»Creating a Server Certificate
»Importing a Server Certificate
Creating a Certificate Signing Request
»Submitting a Certificate Signing Request
»Importing a CA-Signed Certificate
»Synchronizing Certificates
»Replicating Trusted Certificates
»Trusted Certificates
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to replace the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server certificate and private key.

To create a certificate signing request:

  1. Select OptionsSecurityCertificatesServer Certificates, and then click [Import]. The Import Server Certificate section appears.

  2. Click more next to Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

    The Create Certificate Signing Request section appears below the Import Server Certificate section.

    Note: The current certificate parameters are shown. Selecting to create a CSR does not create a new key-pair or change any certificate parameters. If you want to create a new key-pair, create a new certificate. If you want to modify the certificate parameters, click [Edit] instead of [Import] on the Server Certificate page.

  3. Click [Create] to create a PKCS #10 signing request that is downloaded by way of a standard browser. In Internet Explorer, use the File Download dialog box. In Mozilla, save the text in the new browser window to a file.

  4. Send the certificate file to a Certificate Authority (CA), which can be internal or external.

    Note: The existing self-signed certificate is still valid, so the SSL Web server remains operational for browsing until the signed certificate is received from the CA.

Related Procedures

» Server Certificates - Importing a Server Certificate
» Server Certificates - Importing a CA-Signed Certificate
» Server Certificates - Submitting a Certificate Signing Request

Related Topics

» Networking and Security - Server Certificates
» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Networking and Security
» Tools that Extend Management - Installing OpenSSH
» Administering Systems and Events - Managing SSH Keys