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Certificate Enrollment WizardThe Certificate Enrollment wizard (available only in commercial distributions) is used to enroll certificates, i.e. to request a certification authority (CA) to issue a certificate. You can start the wizard by clicking on the Enroll button of the Certificates page of the Settings dialog.
Certificate Enrollment - StartThe first page of the Certificate Enrollment wizard displays information on the enrollment process. The enrollment process will create both a public and a private key. Please note that the process requires the use of Certificate Management Protocol version 2 (CMPv2).
![]() Click the Next button to continue the process.
Certificate Enrollment - IdentityOn the Identity page, enter the parameters of the certificate to be issued. You can suggest a Common Name (e.g. John Smith), Organization Unit (like Marketing), Organization (SSH Communications Security Corp.), Country (US) and Email Address (john.smith@ssh.com).
![]() The certification authority can change these fields before issuing the certificate. The Certificate validity period and other parameters are determined by the configuration of the CA software. Please note that certificate enrollment requiring manual acceptance in the CA software is not supported. You may be able to compensate for this by using PKCS #12 file importing. Click the Next button to launch the Key Generation Wizard. For more information on the key generation process, see section Key Generation Wizard.
Certificate Enrollment - FirewallOn the Firewall page, you can define the firewall and proxy settings. These fields can be left empty.
Click the Next button to continue.
Certificate Enrollment - CAOn the CA page, fill in the following fields:
Click the Next button to continue.
Certificate Enrollment - EnrollmentOn the Enrollment page the actual enrollment takes place. This may take some time (the exact duration depends on the amount of network traffic, among other factors).
![]() When the process is finished, click the Finish button to continue. [ Contact Information | Support | Feedback | SSH Home Page | SSH Products ]
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