Sign the Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Describes how to sign a CSR.

To sign the CSR:

  1. From the Certificate Name section, click the CSR that you just generated. In the example, it is maprkmipclient1.
  2. The CSR properties are displayed. Select the contents of the CSR starting from -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST---- to -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- and copy the contents to the clipboard.
  3. Navigate to Security > Local CAs and click the Sign Request option corresponding to the local CA in the Local Certificate Authority List listing. Then:
    1. Select Client for Certificate Purpose.
    2. Change the Certificate Duration if needed.
    3. Paste the contents of the CSR that you previously copied to the clipboard, to the Certificate Request section.
    4. Click Sign Request to sign the CSR.


  4. Copy the contents of the signed client certificate starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending with -----END CERTIFICATE----- to your clipboard.
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If you have overwritten the clipboard contents, you can obtain the signed client certificate using the following steps:
  1. Navigate to Security > Local CAs.
  2. Click Show Signed Certs.
  3. In the Signed Certificates section, select the certificate matching the CN and other details that you configured in Step 1 from the list. In this example, the certificate is maprkmipclient1.
  4. Click Properties. The Signed Certificate Information page appears.
  5. Copy the contents of the signed client certificate starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending with -----END CERTIFICATE----- to your clipboard.