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Step 4. Specify the Subject Name for the Certificate
Specify the subject name, in distinguished name (DN) format, for the certificate to be
requested. Note that you will see this screen only if you chose to generate the certificate for
a new key pair.
You can either enter values for individual DN attributes required to build the subject DN or
build the complete subject DN string yourself. If you enter values for individual DN
attributes, the wizard constructs the subject DN string.
If you want to enter values for individual DN components, provide the following
information:
• Common name—enter the name as appropriate. Except for the SSL server certificate,
the common name format can be a descriptive name of up to 255 characters. For
example, you can name the Certificate Manager's signing certificate as "Root CA for
Example Corporation"; similarly, you can name the Registration Manager's signing
certificate as "Registration Authority for North America". For a SSL server certificate,
the name must be the fully qualified host name of CS in this form:
<machine_name>.<your_domain>.<domain>
To determine the machine and domain names, go to Red Hat Console, and locate the
CS host in the navigation tree.
• Organizational unit—enter the organizational unit the server belongs to. For example,
.
Marketing
• Organization—enter a description that identifies your organization. For example,
Example Corporation
• Locality—enter the name of the city where your business is located. For example,
.
Mountain View
• State or province—enter the name of the state or province where your business is
located. For example,
• Country—enter the name of the country where your business is located. For example,
.
US
Step 5. Specify the Validity Period
You need to complete this step only if you chose to generate a self-signed CA certificate
request.
Specify the starting and ending dates of the validity period for the certificate request you
want to generate. You can also specify the time at which the validity period should start and
end on those dates.
The default validity period is two years.
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California
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