Create Certificate on CipherTrust Manager

This article describes how to create a certificate on the CipherTrust Manager and get it signed by the local CA.

1. Log on to the CipherTrust Manager UI an administrator.

2. Click the CA tab on the left.

3. Navigate to the Local Certificate Authorities section and click the name of local CA using which you want to generate and sign the certificate.

4. Click Issue Certificate. On the Issue Certificate screen, enter/select the details as required.

   Note

   The Common Name parameter is mandatory.

5. Click Issue Certificate.

6. On the Issue Certificate screen, click save private key to download and save the private key with .pem extension.

7. From the Certificate Purpose drop-down, select server.

8. In the Duration in days field, enter the expiry date of the certificate.

9. Click Issue Certificate.

   The server certificate is created and gets signed with the local CA.

10. Click the ellipsis icon corresponding to the server certificate and then click the Download button to save the server certificate in .pem format.

    This certificate can be used as the server certificate for the pdbctl utility.