Generating A Self-Signed Certificate - HPE StoreOnce 6500 User Manual

• Provide some unique information (comprised of the appliance name and administrator contact details)
to generate a certificate on the appliance which will return this data to the web browser in the
certificate. This is referred to as a "Self-signed Certificate".
• Export the Self-signed Certificate to a file called a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). This CSR can
then be externally signed by a Certificate Authority, and returned in the form of a certificate file which
can be imported to the StoreOnce appliance. This provides an additional level of authentication as the
web browser may then be provided with a root certificate of the certificate authority against which it
can verify appliance certificates.
• The Certificate Authority may be an external body, or it may be a server running tools required to
generate a certificate internally to an organization.
In addition, when using the Reporting Central functionality of the StoreOnce appliance to remotely
monitor other StoreOnce appliances, if using self-signed certificates you must download the certificate
from the appliance that you want to manage and import that certificate onto the appliance that will be
used to perform the Reporting Central function. See Reporting Central on page 137.

Generating a self-signed certificate

Procedure
1. From the Navigator, go to Device Configuration > User Interface > SSL Certificate
The Create Self-signed Certificate window opens.
2. Click Modify.
3. Enter the requested information.
Field
Name
State
City
Organization
Organization unit
Email address
Country
Number of days valid
4. Click Generate.
A message is displayed warning that the existing certificate will be overwritten.
5. Click OK.
Description
Name of the system, in the form of either IP Address, or FQDN
State the appliance is located in
City the appliance is located in
Organization of the certificate requestor
Organization unit of the certificate requestor
Email address of the certificate requestor
Country the appliance is located in
Maximum number of days the certificate will remain valid. Values are 0 to
36363
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