Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Modified on Fri, 31 Mar, 2023 at 4:32 PM

In order to request a "local actor certificate", a "Certificate Signing Request" (also known as a "CSR") needs be created. The easiest way to create a CSR is to use the utility docker image made available on hub.docker.com.

Prerequisites

Docker on linux

Steps:

1. Run the image in an empty folder

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/work monotch/dxp-cri-ditm-csr

2. Modify the created 'csr_input' file

-Before

CSR_COMMON_NAME="citsinterchange.nl.monotch.com.<actor-company>.<actor-id>"
CSR_COUNTRY="<actor-company-country>"
CSR_ORG="<actor-company-name>"
CSR_EMAIL="<actor-company-email-address>"

-After (example)

CSR_COMMON_NAME="citsinterchange.nl.udap.monotch.test-actor"
CSR_COUNTRY="NL"
CSR_ORG="Monotch"
CSR_EMAIL="support@monotch.com"

3. Run the image again

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/work monotch/dxp-cri-ditm-csr

4. Store the private key file in a secure location and keep this private!

citsinterchange.nl.udap.monotch.test-actor.key.pem

5. Attach the CSR files to the "add local actor" support ticket

citsinterchange.nl.udap.monotch.test-actor.csr.pem
citsinterchange.nl.udap.monotch.test-actor.csr.txt