SSL Certificate CSR Generation Instructions

Lotus Domino Server versions 4.6x and 5.0x

Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to your provider in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.


Create a server key ring file
a. Open Notes client, then select Server Certificate Admin database
b. Select "1. Create Key Ring" and provide inputs as indicated, including your Distinguished Name entries
c. be sure to remember your password!

Generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
a. Select "2. Create Certificate Request" and provide the inputs as indicated; you will be asked for the password you saved above.
b. When the "Certificate Request Created" window pops up, copy or cut-and-paste the PKCS format (i.e., all the text from "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE-----.... up to and including ... "-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
c. Paste this CSR into the SSL Provider's web site form as directed