Create a Certificate Profile for SSL Servers
Follow the steps below to create a certificate profile suitable for SSL/TLS servers, such as web servers.
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Under CA Functions, click Certificate Profiles.
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Enter a name for your end entity certificate profile, for example SSLServerCertificateProfile, and click Add.
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Select SSLServerCertificateProfile and click Edit Certificate Profile.
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Under Validity enter 365d (1 year validity).
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Under Key usage, choose Digital Signature and Key encipherment (Ctrl-click to select multiple).
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Clear Allow Key Usage Override.
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Select Use Extended Key Usage.
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Under Extended Key Usage, choose Server Authentication.
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Under Available bit lengths, select 1024 bit, 2048 bit and 4096 bit.
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Under Available CAs, choose your CA ManagementCA (the CA you use to issue server certificates).
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Under Type, select End Entity.
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Click Save.
To create a new Certificate Profile using an existing profile as template, do the following:
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In the list of certificate profiles, click clone the fixed profile SERVER.
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Enter a name for your end entity certificate profile, for example SSLServerCertificateProfile, and click Create from template.
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Click Save.