Create an appliance certificate signing request
The appliance uses a certificate for authentication over TLS. The certificate contains a public key, and the appliance maintains the corresponding private key, which is uniquely tied to the public key.
A CA is a trusted party that issues a certificate that enables others, who trust the CA, to also trust the host. In essence, the CA vouches for the host.
For information on creating a self-signed certificate, see Create an appliance self-signed certificate.
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Privileges: Infrastructure administrator.
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Gather the information for the request, as required by the certificate authority (CA).
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Obtain the CA challenge password.
- From the main menu, select Deployment Groups.
- Click Security.
- From the Deployment Groups screen, select .
- Supply the data requested on the screen.
- Click OK.
- Copy the certificate request data from the dialog box and send it to the CA. The CA designates how and where to send the certificate request data.
- Click OK.
Next steps: After you receive the certificate from the CA, Import an appliance certificate.