Using A Gwcsrgen Configuration File; Submitting The Certificate Signing Request To A Certificate Authority; Creating Your Own Certificate - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

75.2.2 Using a GWCSRGEN Configuration File

For convenience, if you need to generate multiple certificates, you can record the information for the
above fields in a configuration file so that the information is automatically provided whenever you
run the Generate CSR utility. The configuration file must have the following format:
[Private Key]
Location =
Extension = key
[CSR]
Location =
Extension = csr
[Required Information]
Country =
State =
City =
Organization =
Division =
Hostname =
If you do not want to provide a default for a certain field, insert a comment character (#) in front of
that line. Name the file
gwcsrgen.cnf
installed:
Linux: /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin
Windows:
\grpwise\software\admin\utility\gwcsrgen
75.2.3 Submitting the Certificate Signing Request to a
Certificate Authority
To obtain a server certificate, you can submit the Certificate Signing Request (
file) to a Certificate Authority. If you have not previously used a Certificate Authority, you can use
the keywords "Certificate Authority" to search the Web for Certificate Authority companies. The
Certificate Authority must be able to provide the certificate in Base64/PEM or PFX format.
The process of submitting the CSR varies from company to company. Most provide online
submission of the request. Please follow their instructions for submitting the request.

75.2.4 Creating Your Own Certificate

"Using ConsoleOne on Windows or Linux" on page 1163
"Using YaST on Linux" on page 1165
Using ConsoleOne on Windows or Linux
The Novell Certificate Server, which runs on a NetWare
you to establish your own Certificate Authority and issue server certificates for yourself. For
complete information, see the
certserver).
. Save the file in the same directory where the utility is
Novell Certificate Server Web site (http://www.novell.com/products/
server_name.csr
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server with Novell eDirectory
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