Generating PEM-formatted certificate signing requests

Once the self-signed user certificate has been generated, create and copy a PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail)-formatted Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and paste it onto a web form on a Certificate Authority (CA) website. The CSR contains the public key of the key pair generated with the user certificate.

1. In the web UI, go to Administration > Certificate Management > Certificates. In the native UI, go to Tools > Certificate Manager or click the Certificates button in the tool bar.
2. Right-click a user certificate in the tree pane and select Generate > PEM-formatted Certificate Signing Request.
   The CSR Generation dialog box appears.

   Note: Certificate Manager will only allow a CSR to be generated for a self-signed certificate.

3. Enter the private key password and click OK. Use the same password that was used to generate the self-signed user certificate.
4. In the web UI, the CSR is downloaded. In the native UI, the CSR is displayed in a dialog box and you must click Copy to copy the CSR into the clipboard.
5. Paste the CSR into the CA's web form.