Creating a CA Certificate Request
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In order to use a CA certificate, you need to get a certificate from a known Certificate Authority (CA). Some CA examples include GoDaddy, VeriSign, Thawte, GeoTrust, and Network Solutions.
To request a certificate from a CA:
Go to Thinfinity® Configuration Manager > General tab. Select the HTTPS binding/connection where you want to use the CA certificate then click Edit.
In Bindings dialog window click New and in Manage SSL Certificate window click Create a certificate request button.
Fill in the form shown below with your organization's data then click Create.
Country Code
The two letter country code of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 3166).
State
Full unabbreviated name of the state or province where your organization is located.
Locality
Full unabbreviated name of the city where your organization is located.
Organization
The name your company is legally registered under.
Organizational Unit
Use this field to differentiate between divisions within an organization.
Common Name
The domain name or URL you plan to use this certificate with. The Common Name field should be filled with the server+domain that will be used to access Thinfinity® Workspace (rdp.mycompany.com).
E-Mail Address
Company e-mail address.
Bits
A 2048 length key is advised.
Pressing Create will generate two files: the Private Key file and the Request Key file.
The first window will ask you for a location where to keep the Private Key file.
Enter a name for your Private Key file.
Select a place to keep it safe and press Save.
The Private Key file is the certificate private key. It should always be kept safe with you.
The second window will ask you for a location where to keep the Request Key file.
Enter a name for the request file.
Select a directory where you can find the file later on to send to the CA.
Press Save.
Send only the request file to the CA.
After the validation process is finished you will receive a certificate from the CA. Save this certificate in Thinfinity Workspace cert directory and inform the path to the file in the Binding dialog window (Thinfinity Workspace Configuration Manager>General tab>Edit button. For details, see Managing the SSL Certificate.)
