Generate a CSR for 4D server / Business Kit

4D Business Kit 2.x

1 - Generate your CSR and private key

• Launch your Business Kit
  
  
• Go to "Tools > Generate an SSL certificate..."
  
  
• Fill in all the fields of the Certificate identity section as explained below:
  
  
  • CN: Common name / domain name / server name /FQDN:
    You need to enter here your SSL server's name, i.e. "secure.company.co.uk", or "www.my-domain.co.uk" or "www.product.com". No IP Addresses(more precisions here). No space or blank characters.
    
    N.B.: Using certificates containing a reserved IP Address or an internal name (xxx.local, server_name) is deprecated by the CA / Browsers Forum and will not be accepted by any authority (more information here).
  • O: Organisation / Company Name :
    Write here your company's or organization's corporate name (nor the commercial name or an acronym), preferably in uppercase.
    
    
  • ST: State / Province:
    Enter here your state or province name.
    
    
  • L: Location / City:
    Enter here your company/organization's seat/headquarters location.
    
    
  • C: Country:
    Indicate your company/organization's two letter country code, preferably in uppercase.
    
    
  • OU: Organisational unit / Division / Branch:
    We recommend leaving this field blank or indicate a generic term such as "IT Services"
  
  
  
• Click on the SSL 128-bit button in the Generate certificate request section.
  
  
• Copy the content of the YOUR PRIVATE KEY field to a text editor and save it as key.pem inside your 4D Business Kit folder.
  
  
• Copy the content of the YOUR CERTIFICATE field to a text editor and save it as request.txt inside your 4D Business Kit folder.
  
  

2 - Finalize the order process

• Use the appropriate link to place your order on our website. See Access an order form
• Copy/paste the content of the "moncsr.txt" file in the form.

4D Business Kit 3.x

1 - Generate your CSR and private key

• Launch your Business Kit
  
  
• Go to "Tools > Generate an SSL certificate..."
  
  
• Fill in all the fields of the Certificate identity section as explained above.
  
  
• Click on the SSL 128-bit button in the Generate certificate request section.
  
  
• Click on the CERTIFICATE REQUEST tab in the Certificate request section and copy and paste the content into the CSR field on the order form.

2 - Finalize the order process

• Use the appropriate link to place your order on our website. See Access an order form
• Copy/paste your CSR in the form.

Useful links

• Generate a CSR for various servers