Create a CSR for FileCloud

When using SSL on Linux, you must create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to receive an SSL certificate.

• A CSR is a data file that contains the Public Key and your domain details.

• You will submit the CSR to your SSL provider.  

• Your provider will verify and then issue a SSL certificate in a .cer file.  

To create an CSR for you FileCloud Server: 

1. To generate a request, use the following command: (The key for the SSL certificate is stored in the server.key file.)
   

   openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr
   

2.  Respond the the prompts with the following information:
   

   Information	Example	Notes
   Country Name	US	2letter code
   State or Province Name	TEXAS	full name - no abbreviations
   Locality Name	Houston	full city name
   Organization Name	Internet Widgits Pty Ltd	company name
   Organizational Unit Name	Accounts Payable	section name
   Common Name	filecloud.IWPL.com	server FQDN or YOUR name Be sure to enter the actual server's fully qualified name filecloud.yourdomain.com If it is a wildcard certificate for all sub domains (for example for using multi tenancy), then be sure to enter *.yourdomain.com *.yourdomain.com
   Email Address	moneyman@iwpl.com
   Please enter the following extra attributes to be sent with your certificate request:
   A challenge password
   An optional company name