Creating your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) File


To obtain an X.509 certificate from the EnOS CA, you need to create a CSR file in your device or application.


The following procedure uses OpenSSL as an example to create a CSR:

  1. Generate a key pair.

    openssl genrsa -out <key_name>.key 2048

    Note

    You MUST use RSA algorithm with 2048 bits to generate the key pair. <key_name> is the name of the key, for example, deviceCert.key.

  2. Create a CSR for your device or application.

    openssl req -new -key <key_name>.key -out <csr_name>.csr -sha256

    Note

    The <key_name>.key file is the key that you generated in step 1 and <csr_name> is the csr file name, for example, deviceCert.csr.

    You will be prompted with the following information:

    Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:
State or Province Name (full name) []:
Locality Name (for example, city) []:
Organization Name (for example, company) []:
Organizational Unit Name (for example, section) []:
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:
Email Address []:

Note

  • You MUST follow the rules defined by CA:
  1. All the subject fields except Email Address are required.
  2. Ensure that the subject fields Country Name (C), State or Province Name (ST), and Organization Name (O) are consistent with the CA root certificate.