Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
- A CSR (Certificate Signing request) is an encrypted message format sent from an applicant to a certificate authority.
- CSR sends the certificate to the CA for signing and then it is returned with the sign.
User generates a CSR with the following command:
User% openssl req – new – key TutorialRide.key – out TutorialRide.csr
Where,
req : openssl component to generate a certificate request,
new : This is a new certificate,
key CareerRide.key : key pair file to be used,
out CareerRide.csr : filename that the new certificate request will be written here.
Information required in a CSR
| Information | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Fully qualified domain name of your server. | www.CareerRide.com www.TutorialRide.com |
| Organization Name | Legal name of your organization. | CareerRide Info |
| Department Or Organizational Unit name | Division of your organization handling the certificate. | IT, English |
| Town/City | City where the organization is located. | Pune, London, Mumbai |
| State/region | State/region where the organization is located. | Maharashtra |
| Country | Two letter of ISO code where the organization is located. | US, IN, UK |
| Email address | An email address to contact the organization. | abc@careerride.com xyz@tutorialride.com |
