Obtaining and Installing Server Certificates422 Red Hat Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • May 20055. Enter the password that will be used to protect the private key, and clickNext.The Next field is grayed out until you supply a password. When you clickNext, the Request Submission dialog box is displayed.6. Select Copy to Clipboard or Save to File to save the certificate requestinformation that you must send to the Certificate Authority.7. Click Done to dismiss the Certificate Request Wizard.Once you have generated the request, you are ready to send it to the CA.Step 2: Send the Certificate RequestFollow these steps to send the certificate information to the CA:1. Use your email program to create a new email message.2. Copy the certificate request information from the clipboard or the saved fileinto the body of the message.The content will look similar to the following example:-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----MIIBrjCCARcCAQAwbjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVXMxEzARBgNVBAgTCkNBTElGT1JOSUExLDAqBgVBAoTI25ldHNjYXBlIGNvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIGNvcnBvcmF0aW9uMRwwGgYDVQQDExNtZWxsb24ubmV0c2NhcGUuY29tMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCwAbskGh6SKYOgHy+UCSLnm3ok3X3u83Us7ug0EfgSLR0f+K41eNqqRftGR83emqPLDOf0ZLTLjVGJaH4Jn4l1gG+JDf/n/zMyahxtV7+mT8GOFFigFfuxaxMjr2j7IvELlxQ4IfZgWwqCm4qQecv3G+N9YdbjveMVXW0v4XwIDAQABoAAwDQYK-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----3. Send the email message to the CA.Once you have emailed your request, you must wait for the CA to respond withyour certificate. Response time for requests varies. For example, if your CA isinternal to your company, it may only take a day or two to respond to yourrequest. If your selected CA is external to your company, it could take severalweeks to respond to your request.When the CA sends a response, be sure to save the information in a text file. Youwill need the data when you install the certificate.You should also back up the certificate data in a safe location. If your system everloses the certificate data, you can reinstall the certificate using your backup file.
