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Common name ThisisthenetworknameoftheConsoleServeronceitisinstalledinthenetwork(usually
the fully
qualieddomainname).ItisidenticaltothenamethatisusedtoaccesstheConsoleServer
withawebbrowser(withoutthe“http://”prex).Incasethenamegivenhereandtheactual
networknamediffer,thebrowserwillpopupasecuritywarningwhentheConsoleServeris
accessed using HTTPS
Organizational Unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the Console
Server belongs
Organization The name of the organization to which the Console Server belongs
Locality/City The city where the organization is located
State/Province The state or province where the organization is located
Country Thecountrywheretheorganizationislocated.Thisisthetwo-letterISOcode,e.g.DEfor
Germany,orUSfortheUSA.(Note:thecountrycodehastobeenteredinCAPITALLETTERS)
Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the Console Server and its
security
Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on
thecerticate(e.g.revocationofthecerticate).Theminimallengthofthispasswordis4
characters
Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password
Key length Thisisthelengthofthegeneratedkeyinbits.1024Bitsaresupposedtobesufcientfor
most cases. Longer keys may result in slower response time of the Console Server during
connection establishment
 o Oncethisisdone,clickonthebuttonGenerateCSRwhichwillinitiatetheCerticateSigningRequestgeneration.
  TheCSRcanbedownloadedtoyouradministrationmachinewiththeDownloadbutton
 o SendthesavedCSRstringtoaCerticationAuthority(CA)forcertication.Youwillgetthenewcerticatefrom
  theCAafteramoreorlesscomplicatedtraditionalauthenticationprocess(dependingontheCA)
 o UploadthecerticatetotheConsoleServer using the Upload button as shown below
After completing these steps the Console Server has its own certificate that is used for identifying the Console Server to its
users.
Note: Information on issuing certificates and configuring HTTPS from the command line can be found in Chapter 15 -
Advanced
Chapter 9: Authentication