Host Certificate Information Expander (.pem)

When you click Create Certificate > Create Host Certificate (.pem), the Host Certificate Information expander displays. This allows you to create a .pem host certificate.

Host Certificate Information Expander

 

Description

Certificate file name

Type the file name of the host certificate. The certificate and the key file name must not contain blanks and special characters (/,\,?,<, >,*,|,").
NOTE: The certificate file and key file names cannot be the same.

Key file name

Type the key file name. The certificate and the key file name should not contain blanks and special characters (/,\,?,<, >,*,|,").

Path

Browse for the location to store the certificate on the disk. By default, the path of the last created root certificate is selected.

Expiration

Set the validity period for the host certificate. Once a certificate's validity period is over, a new certificate must be requested by the subject of the now-expired certificate. By default, the certificate expires after 2190 days.

Root certificate

Browse for the root certificate. By default, the last created root certificate is selected.

Root key file

Browse for the root key file. By default, the last created root key file is selected.

Root key file password

Type the password for the selected root key file.
NOTE: The root key file password must match the root key file password of the root certificate selected.

Subject Identifier Information

Allows you to provide the subject's identifier information:
— Subject name (mandatory field)
— Department
— Organization
— City/district
— State/ province
— Country code (only two characters)
By default, the subject's identifier information (except for the subject name) is filled with the last root certificate's subject's information.
NOTE: The host certificate subject name must not be the same as the root certificate's subject name.