CSR Support

 

WebSTAR 4.0 and higher

Creating a Certificate Signing Request

  1. Launch your Key Generator. This can be found in your SSL Tools folder.
  1. Enter a key-pair password.

Warning: If you lose the password, you must purchase another certificate.

  1. Click on Create Key.
  1. Name the file and save it to the root folder.
  1. Enter your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) information into the Certificate Request application or CSR Utility. The CSR utility can be found in the Tools and Examples folder, SSL Tools folder.
  1. Type your Distinguished Name Field information.

When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.

The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?.  

 

Distinguished Name Field

Explanation

Example

Common Name (Server Host Name)

The fully qualified domain name for your web server. You will get a certificate name check warning if this is not an exact match.

If you intend to secure the URL https://secure.yourURL.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.yourURL.com

 

 

 

Organization Name

The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate

IPS S.L.

Organizational Unit

Optional for additional organization information

Marketing

City or Locality

The city where your organization is located.

Atlanta

State or Province Name

The state or province where your organization is located. Can not be abbreviated.

Georgia

Country Name

The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country

US = United States

 
  1. Click Choose and select your key pair. Enter your password.
  1. Select Create.
  1. Your file can be found under Certificate Request.
  1. Quit the CSR Utility.
  1. Submit your CSR to IPSCA.

Additional instructions can be found on WebSTAR's web site at

http://www.starnine.com/products/webstar/docs/ws4manual.40.html#pgfId=99074

 


 CSR installation

 

Installing a Server Digital Certificate on a StarNine Webstar 4.x Server

This document provides the instructions for installing a Server Digital Certificate.
IPSCA recommends that you contact the Server vendor for additional information.

Installing a Server Digital Certificate:

  1. Make sure that your web server has SSL capabilities. It should say "SSL" in the Status window on the server, and have an SSL Security item in the list of Settings in WebSTAR Admin.

    To install an SSL server, you may need to install WebSTAR from the distribution CD.

  2. Make sure the Status window is open on the server machine.

  3. In WebSTAR Admin, Settings window (on any machine), select SSL Security.

  4. The top area lists the IP addresses you have set using the IP Secondary Addresses file. The lower area
    sets your security options, including certificate and private key data. The checkboxes set your policy regarding incoming connections.

    Each IP address uses a different certificate. You can have certificates for several of these addresses, but one IP address can only have a single certificate.


  5. Select the item for the IP address which corresponds to the host name of the current Certificate.

  6. On the Security popup menu, select SSL 2 and SSL 3.

  7. Use the Certificate Choose button to select the certificate file you have saved in your host root folder described in Generate a Key.

  8. Use the Private Key File Choose button to select the private key file saved in your host root folder, described in Downloading Your Certificate.

  9. Type or paste your Private Key Password into the appropriate field.

  10. Click the Save button.

  11. Look at the server Status window. You should see a message confirming that the SSL certificate was accepted.

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