Generating A Certificate Signing Request; Importing A Certificate - HPE StoreOnce 6500 User Manual

A success message is displayed. The certificate is now stored locally on the system but will not take
effect until the StoreOnce appliance is rebooted.

Generating a Certificate Signing Request

Procedure
1. From the Navigator, go to Device Configuration > User Interface > SSL Certificate
2. Click Generate CSR.
3. In the Generate CSR window, click Download.
4. In the Save HTML document window, navigate to an easily identifiable location and click Save.
If your browser does not give you the option to select the location, the file will download to your local
system Downloads folder.
A certificate authority (CA) can use this CSR file to generate a new SSL certificate and private key that
can then be imported to the StoreOnce appliance. Follow the instructions provided by your CA to
generate the new SSL certificate and key.

Importing a certificate

Importing an SSL certificate will install the certificate in the web server of the StoreOnce appliance. This
certificate will be used to identify the appliance to clients that connect to the appliance.
Procedure
1. Copy the certificate file from your local system to the /repository folder on the StoreOnce
appliance.
NOTE: Only users with Administrator privileges can copy files to /repository.
2. From the Navigator, go to Device Configuration > User Interface > SSL Certificate
3. Click Import Certificate.
4. Select the preferred certificate from the Certificate list.
This list is populated using all available certificate files in the StoreOnce appliance /repository
folder. The certificates can be externally generated or generated from the currently installed self-
signed certificate.
5. If you selected an external certificate, select the corresponding key from the Key list.
6. Click Import.
7. Click OK.
The newly imported certificate overwrites any previous certificate whether self-signed or signed by a
CA.
8. From the Navigator, go to Device Configuration > Maintenance.
9. Click Disable Failover.
10. click Reboot.
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