Create A Certificate Signing Request In The Dma System - Polycom DMA 7000 Operation Manual

DMA Operations Guide

Create a Certificate Signing Request in the DMA System

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See also:
"Management and Security Overview"
"Certificate Management"
"Certificate Procedures"
The procedure below creates a certificate signing request (CSR) that you can
submit to your chosen certificate authority.
To create a certificate signing request
Go to Configuration > System > Certificate Management.
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By default, the system is configured to use a self-signed certificate.
To see details of the public certificate currently being used to identify the
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system to other computers:
In the list, select the Server SSL certificate.
a
In the Actions list, select Display Details.
b
The Certificate Details dialog box appears. If this is the default
self-signed certificate, Organizational Unit is Self Signed Certificate.
To close the dialog box, click OK.
c
In the Actions list, select Create Certificate Signing Request.
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If you've created a signing request before, you're asked if you want to use
your existing certificate request or generate a new one. Elect to generate a
new one.
In the Certificate Information dialog box, enter the identifying
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information for your Polycom DMA system (see
Dialog Box" on page 23) and click OK.
The Certificate Signing Request dialog box displays the encoded request
(see "Certificate Signing Request Dialog Box"
Copy the entire contents of the Encoded Request box (including the text
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-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and -----END NEW
CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----) and submit it to your certificate authority.
Depending on the certificate authority, your CSR may be submitted via
email or by pasting into a web page.
Click OK to close the dialog box.
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Certificate Procedures
"Certificate Information
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