Creating a certificate request (CSR) - Verasys - LIT-12012324 - LC-SBH100-0 - LC-SBH200-0 - Supervisory controller - SBH100 - SBH200

Verasys Smart Building Hub (SBH) Network and IT Guidance Technical Bulletin
Brand
Verasys
Product name
SBH100
SBH200
Document type
Technical Bulletin
Document number
LIT-12012324
Revision date
2022-12-07
Product status
Active
Language
English

About this task

You must use a certificate request generating application that your IT department approves. The procedure creates a file in the appropriate format required for submitting the properties of your SSL certificate to the certificate authority.

Your IT department must also approve the Public Certificate Authority to which you submit your request.

Procedure

  1. Open your certificate request creating application, select the Certificate signing request tab.
  2. Click New Request.
  3. In the Create Certificate signing request dialogue box, navigate to Signing request.
  4. Enter unstructuredName and challengePassword. The certificate signing authority uses the unstructured name and you can set it to your organization name.
  5. Select the Subject tab.
  6. In the Distinguished name properties window, complete the fields with the information shown in the following table:
    Table 1. Distinguished name properties
    Field Description
    Internal name This name is only used internally and does not appear in the certificate.
    organizationName The name of your organization
    countryName The country in which your organization is located
    organizationalUnitName The name of your department within the organization
    stateOrProvinceName The state in which your organization is located
    commonName The domain name without https://. The domain name is the site used to browse to the Smart Building Hub UI.
    localityName The city in which your organization is located
    emailAddress This is usually the e-mail address of the administrator of your organization.
    Private key Select the private key you generated in the Generating a private key section. If you have not created a private key or need to generate a new one, click Generate a new key and follow the steps in Generating a private key.
  7. Select the Extensions tab. The new certificate signing request is now in your list of certificates with the internal name you assigned.
  8. Select the certificate and click Export.
  9. Click the Browse button and choose a location for the new CSR file
  10. Click OK. This file is used to purchase a certificate request from a Public Certificate Authority.