The following instructions will guide you through the CSR generation process on Nginx (OpenSSL). To learn more about CSRs and the importance of your private key, reference our Overview of Certificate Signing Request article. If you already generated the CSR and received your trusted SSL certificate, reference our SSL Installation Instructions and disregard the steps below. Generating a new ssh key.
The following instructions will guide you through the CSR generation process on Nginx (OpenSSL). To learn more about CSRs and the importance of your private key, reference our Overview of Certificate Signing Request article. If you already generated the CSR and received your trusted SSL certificate, reference our SSL Installation Instructions and disregard the steps.
1. Log in to your server’s terminal.
You will want to log in via Secure Shell (SSH).
2. Enter CSR and Private Key command
Generate a private key and CSR by running the following command:
Here is the plain text version to copy and paste into your terminal:
Note:Replace “server ” with the domain name you intend to secure.
3. Enter your CSR details
Enter the following CSR details when prompted:
- Common Name: The FQDN (fully-qualified domain name) you want to secure with the certificate such as www.google.com, secure.website.org, *.domain.net, etc.
- Organization: The full legal name of your organization including the corporate identifier.
- Organization Unit (OU): Your department such as ‘Information Technology’ or ‘Website Security.’
- City or Locality: The locality or city where your organization is legally incorporated. Do not abbreviate.
- State or Province: The state or province where your organization is legally incorporated. Do not abbreviate.
- Country: The official two-letter country code (i.e. US, CH) where your organization is legally incorporated.
Note: You are not required to enter a password or passphrase. This optional field is for applying additional security to your key pair.
4. Generate the order
Locate and open the newly created CSR in a text editor such as Notepad and copy all the text including:
Note 1: Your CSR should be saved in the same user directory that you SSH into unless otherwise specified by you.
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Note 2: We recommend saving or backing up your newly generate “.key ” file as this will be required later during the installation process.
Return to the Generation Form on our website and paste the entire CSR into the blank text box and continue with completing the generation process.
Upon generating your CSR, your order will enter the validation process with the issuing Certificate Authority (CA) and require the certificate requester to complete some form of validation depending on the certificate purchased. For information regarding the different levels of the validation process and how to satisfy the industry requirements, reference our validation articles.
After you complete the validation process and receive the trusted SSL Certificate from the issuing Certificate Authority (CA), proceed with the next step using our SSL Installation Instructions for Nginx using OpenSSL.
Be sure to properly destroy and wipe the old key file. Creating a new file with a new passphrase will not help if the old file remains available. Videos illustrating use of PuTTYgen Using PuTTYgen to generate an SSH key. Using PuTTYgen to generate an SSH key. How to set up PuTTY SSH keys for passwordless logins using Pagent. Puttygen key generator.
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- Run the MMC either from the start menu or via the run tool accessible fom the WIN+R shortcut.
- Click on File - Add/Remove Snap-in.
- Select Certificats in the left panel and click on Add.
- In the new window, click on Computer Account.
- Select Local Computer then click on Finish.
- Complete the adding dialog by clicking OK.
Request generation
- In the certificate management console, select in the folder tree Certificates - Personnal - Certificates. In the certificate list, in the central panel, right click then select All Tasks - Advanced Operations - Create Custom Request.
- In the new windows, select Proceed without enrollment policy under Custom Request then click Next.
- Select (No Template) CNG Key as the template and PKCS #10 as the request format. Then, click Next.
- Develop the details by clicking the arrow and click on Properties.
- In the properties window, in the tab General, enter a Friendly Name that will be displayed in your certificate management interfaces and optionally, a description.
- In the Subject tab, in the Subject Name box, add the attributes to be added to the certificate, then click on Add to add them to the request.
- A standard certificate will generally contain the CN, O, L, ST, and C fields.
- In the Private Key tab, you can choose the CSP, the key formats, and its options.
- For a RSA key, we recommend a key size of 2048bits. We also reocomment the SHA256 hash algorithm for the CSR signature.
- You can also generate ECC keys using this tool. Attention, you will need to sign your CSR using SHA256.
- Once the properties dialog has been completed, you can resume the CSR generation and finish the request after having chosen a file name and directory. It is important to choose the Base 64 format.
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