Generate a certificate request that can be submitted to a trusted certificate authority. The information required by the wizard to create the certificate request is prefilled from the network settings of the server. If you already have the SSL certificate from the certificate authority, skip this topic and go to Importing an SSL certificate in the Security Wizard.
 | Note: In a single IMPAX cluster environment, you create one certificate for the Application Server. In a load balanced environment, you create one certificate for each application server for access to ADAM/AD LDS services. Then you create one certificate with the settings of the load balancer for communicating through IIS, which you subsequently copy to each Application Server. |
To create an SSL certificate request
On the Select a method screen, select Work with SSL certificates. Click Next.
On the Agfa Certificate screen, select Create a new certificate request. Click Next.
On the Organizational information screen, type the name of your Organization and Organizational Unit. Click Next.
On the Your site’s common name screen, type the fully qualified domain name of the machine or load balancer, as appropriate, if it is not present by default. Click Next.
The fully qualified domain name consists of a host, domain name, and top-level domain. For example, machinename.networkname.hospitalname.com. You should be able to ping the fully qualified domain name.
On the Geographical Information screen, type the Country/Region, State/Province, and City/Locality information for your site. Click Next.
You must type a two-letter code (ISO standard) in the Country/Region and State/Province fields, or the SSL certificate request will fail.
Example:
For Country/Region: United States, type US.
For Province/State: North Carolina, type NC.
On the Certificate Key Length screen, select the length of the certificate key from the list. Click Next.
On the Certificate Request File Name screen, in the File Name field, browse for or type a location and name for the request file.
The default file name and location is C:\certreq.txt. To avoid overwriting certificate request files, ensure that each request file has a unique name.
To copy the information in the certificate file to the Clipboard, select the Copy certificate file contents to clipboard on creation checkbox.
By selecting this option, the information in the certificate request is copied to the Clipboard so that you can paste it into the certificate authority’s online application form.
CAUTION!
Selecting Copy the information to the clipboard may introduce a security risk, as all information about the IMPAX Application Server and its network settings is included in the certificate request.
If your system uses a load balancer, select the Allow certificate to be installed on multiple machines (exportable) checkbox. Click Next.
On the Request File Summary screen, click Finish.
The certificate request is created and saved as a .txt file.
In the Certificate Enrollment dialog, click OK.