Using A Gwcsrgen Configuration File - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Manual

2 Fill in the fields in the Private Key box. The private key information is used to create both the
3 Fill in the fields in the Certificate Signing Request box.
4 Fill in the fields in the Required Information box. This information is used to create the
5 Click Create to generate the CSR file and Private Key file.

71.2.2 Using a GWCSRGEN Configuration File

For convenience if you need to generate multiple certificates, you can record the information for the
above fields in a configuration file so that the information is automatically provided whenever you
run the Generate CSR utility. The configuration file must have the following format:
[Private Key]
Location =
Extension = key
[CSR]
Location =
Extension = csr
[Required Information]
Country =
State =
City =
Organization =
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Private Key file and the Certificate Signing Request file.
Key Filename: Specify a name for the Private Key file (for example, server1.key). If you don't
want the file stored in the same directory as the GWCSRGEN utility, specify a full path with
the filename (for example, c:\server1.key or /opt/novell/groupwise/certs/
server1.key).
Key Password: Specify the password for the private key. The password can be up to 256
characters (single-byte environments).
Verify Password: Specify the password again.
CSR Filename: Specify a name for the Certificate Signing Request file (for example,
server1.csr). If you don't want the file stored in the same directory as the GWCSRGEN
utility, specify a full path with the filename (for example, c:\server1.csr or /opt/
novell/groupwise/certs/server1.csr).
Certificate Signing Request file. You must fill in all fields to generate a valid CSR file.
Country: Specify the two-letter abbreviation for your country (for example, US).
State/Province: Specify the name of your state or province (for example, Utah). Use the full
name. Do not abbreviate it.
City: Specify the name of your city (for example, Provo).
Organization: Specify the name of your organization (for example, Novell, Inc.).
Division: Specify your organization's division that this certificate is being issued to (for
example, Novell Product Development).
Hostname of Server: Specify the DNS hostname of the server where the server certificate will
be used (for example, dev.provo.novell.com).
The CSR and Private Key files are created with the names and in the locations you specified in
the Key Filename and CSR Filename fields.