SupraLink Solutions
Internet Solutions Provider
7527 Papineau Avenue
Montréal, Québec
Canada H2E 2G9

Telephone: 514.906.1536
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Deerfield — O'Reilly WebSite Professional 2
Generate a Certificate Signing Request — CSR

Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, click the Close button above to close this window and continue to the next step.

  1. Open O’Reilly Server Properties. This is located within the Website Professional tool bar under Programs.
  2. Select the Key Ring tab.
  3. Select New Key Pair and click OK.
  4. The New Key Pair Wizard opens displaying the Generate New Key Pair option and click Next.
  5. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions. Type the Distinguished Name Field information. The following characters cannot be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ? . , &

     Distinguished
     Name Field
     Explanation  Example
    Common Name The fully qualified domain name for your web server. This must be an exact match. If you intend to secure the URL https://www.supralink.com/,
    then your CSR's common name
    must be www.supralink.com.
    Organization The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name. SupraLink
    Organization Unit Section of the organization. Marketing
    City or Locality The city where your organization is legally located. Montréal
    State or Province The state or province where your organization is legally located. Cannot be abbreviated. Quebec
    Country The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. CA 

  6. The Requestor Information dialog box opens, you will have to complete the Requestor’s Name and Requestor’s email, then click on Next.
  7. The Request Disposition dialog box opens, you will have to specify the file for the request: Type a file name and click on Save As.
    Select a file location. The default selection will be called cert-request and
    will be located within the \Website\Admin directory. Then click on Next.
  8. The Generate Key Pair and Request dialog box opens. Click on Next.
  9. The Web Site New Key Wizard dialog box opens. Type random characters into the text box.
  10. The Congratulations dialog box opens. Then click on Done.
  11. The Web Server Properties dialog box opens. You will notice that the key ring has a question mark. Then click on Close.
  12. To find your Certificate Signing Request, go to the location that you specified in the Request Disposition screen. If you did not specify a location, the file will be located in the \Website directory.
  13. Be sure and back up the new key pair you generated. It will be located within the \Website\Admin directory and will be called website.key
  14. Submit your CSR to SupraLink - you will be asked to complete the agreement and the enrollment form as well.

Innovating Information Security
SupraLink, in partnership with GeoTrust, the leading provider of next generation information security services, delivers secure e-commerce transactions, identity verification and authentication solutions to the global web community. SupraLink ensures a new level of e-business security — your first step toward leveraging the full business potential of the Internet.