B.7 Issue Certificates 3 - M2M IDG701AM-0T001 User Manual

M2M Cellular Gateway
5.b.7 Issue Certificates
When you have a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that needs to be certificated by the root CA of
the device, you can issue the request here and let Root CA sign it. There are two approaches to
issue a certificate. One is from a CSR file importing from the managing PC and another is copy‐
paste the CSR codes in gateway's web‐based utility, and then click on the "Sign" button.
In "Issue Certificates" page, there are three configuration windows for the "Issue Certificates"
function. The "Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Import from a File" window let you browse the
directories and file list of the managing PC to choose a CSR file and import it as the certificate signing
request. The gateway will generates the certificate based on the dedicated CSR by clicking on the "Sign"
button in the window. Certainly, only the gateway be the root CA and it can sign the requests to certify.
Another approach to import a CSR to the gateway for signing is to copy the PEM‐formatted CSR
contents and paste them directly into the blank space in the "Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Import
from a PEM" window. The gateway will generates the certificate based on the pasted CSR contents by
clicking on the "Sign" button. A successful signing will show the "Signed Certificate View" window to
display the resulted certificate contents. And you can download the certification to a file in the
managing PC.
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Import from a File
Only the gateway plays the root CA role can sign CSRs and certify certificates for others. In this
window, you can browse the directory architecture and file system in the managing PC to choose
one CSR file for uploading unsigned certificates to the gateway. Click on the "Sign" button to
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