Create an appliance certificate signing request
The appliance uses a certificate for authentication over TLS. The certificate contains a public key, and the appliance maintains the corresponding private key, which is uniquely tied to the public key.
A CA is a trusted party that issues a certificate that enables others, who trust the CA, to also trust the host. In essence, the CA vouches for the host.
For information on creating a self-signed certificate, see Create an appliance self-signed certificate.
Privileges: Infrastructure administrator.
Gather the information for the request, as required by the certificate authority (CA).
Obtain the CA challenge password.
Next steps: After you receive the certificate from the CA, see Import an appliance certificate.