Retrieving Certificates From The End-Entities Page - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

When the CA issues the certificate, save the certificate to a file, and install it following the instructions
Section 11.4.1.1, "Installing Certificates through the
in
11.2.2.3. Submitting a Certificate Request to a Third-Party CA
An external CA is any public or third-party CA. Before sending a certificate request to a public
CA, make sure that the CA can issue the type of certificate that is being requested. Also, read the
statement published by the CA to see whether the CA imposes any restrictions on the validity period
or usage of the certificate.
To send a certificate request manually to an external or third-party CA, do the following:
1. Copy the certificate request, including the marker lines -----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE
REQUEST----- and -----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----, to a text file or the
clipboard.
2. Open the external CA's home page in a web browser, submit the certificate request in the
appropriate form for the certificate type.
3. When the CA responds, save the information in a text file.
4. When the certificate is retrieved from the CA, install it following the instructions in
"Installing Certificates through the

11.2.3. Retrieving Certificates from the End-Entities Page

When the certificate is issued, it can be retrieved by the user in the end-entities page of the issuing
Certificate Manager.
NOTE
Certificates which are created in the Certificate Manager Console are generated at the
time they are requested, unless the request is specifically for a third-party CA.
1. Open the Certificate Manager end-entities page.
https://server.example.com:9443/ca/ee/ca
2. Click the Retrieval tab.
Retrieving Certificates from the End-Entities Page
Console".
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Section 11.4.1.1,
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