Use this page to manage personal certificate requests. Personal certificate requests are temporary place holders for certificates that will be signed by a certificate authority (CA).
To view this administrative console page, click Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations > {Inbound | Outbound} > ssl_configuration . Under Related items, click Key stores and certificates > key store . Under Additional Properties, click Personal certificate requests.
A private key is generated during the certificate request generation, but only the certificate is sent to the CA. The CA generates a new certificate, signed by the CA. This can be added in the Personal Certificates panel.
| Button | Resulting action |
|---|---|
| New | Creates a personal certificate request that can be given to a certificate authority to complete. |
| Delete | Deletes a personal certificate request. |
| Extract | Extracts a personal certificate request. Only one certificate request can be selected at a time. |
Note: Any changes made to this panel are permanent.
Specifies the alias that represents the personal certificate request in the key store.
Specifies the Subject distinguished name (DN) that represents the identity of the certificate request.