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2 Update the Subject attributes with appropriate values for your View server and deployment.
For example: CN=dept.company.com
NOTE Some CAs do not allow you to use abbreviations for the state attribute.
3 (Optional) Update the Keylength attribute.
The default value, 2048, is adequate unless you specifically need a different KeyLength size. Many CAs
require a minimum value of 2048. Larger key sizes are more secure but have a greater impact on
performance.
A KeyLength of 1024 is also supported, although the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
recommends against keys of this size, as computers continue to become more powerful and can potentially
crack stronger encryption.
4 Save the file as request.inf.
What to do next
Generate a CSR from the configuration file.
Generate a CSR and Request a Signed Certificate from a CA
Using the completed configuration file, you can generate a CSR by running the certreq utility. You send the
request to a third-party CA, which returns a signed certificate.
Prerequisites
Verify that you completed a CSR configuration file. See “Create a CSR Configuration File,” on page 9.
Procedure
1 Open a command prompt by right-clicking on Command Prompt in the Start menu and selecting Run as
administrator.
2 Navigate to the directory where you saved the request.inf file.
For example: cd c:\certificates
3 Generate the CSR file.
For example: certreq -new request.inf certreq.txt
4 In a text editor, open the CSR file (such as certreq.txt) and copy the contents of the file, including the
beginning and ending tags.
For example:
-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
MIID2jCCAsICAQAwazEWMBQGA1UEBhMNVW5pdGVkIFN0YXRlczELMAkGA1UECAwC
Q0ExEjAQBgNVBAcMCVBhbG8gQWx0bzEKMAgGA1UECgwBTzELMAkGA1UECwwCT1Ux
FzAVBgNVBAMMDm15LmNvbXBhbnkuY29tMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8A
. . .
. . .
L9nPYX76jeu5rwQfXLivSCea6nZiIOZYw8Dbn8dgwAqpJdzBbrwuM1TuSnx6bAK8
S52Tv0GxW58jUTtxFV+Roz8TE8wZDFB51jx+FmLs
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Obtaining SSL Certificates for VMware View Servers
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