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iProtect™ Certificate options
A certificate authority (CA) is an entity that signs digital certificates. Many websites need to let their customers know that the connection is secure, so they pay an internationally trusted CA (eg, VeriSign, DigiCert) to sign a certificate for their domain.
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Create CSR certificate request
Create certificate from own CA
Create Self Signed certificate
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Procedure 1:
Use the Serverbox to generate a CSR certificate request:
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Select iProtect™ > Certificate > Configuration
Upload the .zip file by “Install certificate”
If the files are ok, an “Activate” button will be come available.
Click the “Activate” button
Be patient and wait for the red error message. This means Apache is restarted and the certificate is installed.
Reload (F5) your webpage to reread the certificate.
Procedure 2:
Use the Serverbox to generate an own-CA signed server certificate:
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Restart your web browser to read in the certificate chain.
The connection to the iProtect™ server should now be secure (lock closed in web browser).
Procedure 3:
This is for legacy use only. Please use procedure 2 instead.