Using Built-In CA to Issue Digital Certificates

Prerequisites

You can only use subordinate CA certificates to issue digital certificates.

Procedure

1. Choose Settings > Certificate > Built-In CA.
2. Select a subordinate CA certificate that you want to use to issue a digital certificate and click Issue Digital Certificate.

   The Issue Digital Certificate page is displayed on the right.

3. Set the certificate parameters, as described in Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters for issuing a certificate

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Name of the digital certificate to be issued. NOTE: The name consists of 4 to 63 characters. The name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
   Import Request File	Select whether to import the request file as required.
   Request File	If Yes is selected in Import Request File, you need to select and import a request file.
   Request Content	If No is selected in Import Request File, you need to enter the request file content.
   Signature Hash Algorithm	Select the signature algorithm to be used by the digital certificate. The options include SHA256 or SHA512.
   Certificate Validity Period (days)	Set the validity period of the digital certificate. The value ranges from 30 to 25,550 days.

4. Click OK.
5. Click Export Issued Certificate to download the certificate.
6. Click Close.