VSys One: Volunteer Management Software

Generating a CSR Request

A CSR request is required for generating a new SSL certificate. In general, it's easier to do this after doing an initial installation of VSys Live, since that first installation will include OpenSSL.

Prerequisites

• Site name (this will have to match what is in VSys Live)
• Country Name (usually "US")
• State Name
• City Name
• Company Name

If the information above has errors in it, Apache may have issues with the resulting cert, or the certificate may get flagged as being fraudulent from your certificate provider. If you have questions on the information, please contact a member of your IT/IS/Network Security team and they should be able to provide you with the correct information.

Process

1. Launch a Windows command prompt, running it as "Administrator".
2. Navigate to the Apache\bin directory (usually c:\VSysLive\Apache\bin).
3. Type the following command, replacing volunteers.yourwebsite.org with your VSys Live site name
   openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout volunteers.yourwebsite.org.key -out volunteers.yourwebsite.org.csr -config "C:\VSysLive\Apache\conf\openssl.cnf"
   and hit Enter.
4. You will be asked for the information up above, fill this out correctly. Do not enter in an e-mail address or a challenge password: if you do, the generated certificate will not be usable.

The generated files will be created the Apache\bin directory. Keep the .key on the server and submit the .csr to your certificate provider.