Approve a Certificate Signing Request

A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is a request for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). The CSR contains information about the requester's public key, the requested certificate's subject, and other relevant details. The CA uses this information to generate a certificate that can be used to verify the requester's identity and encrypt data.

Prerequisites

• TeskaLabs SeaCat PKI up and running in a default setup (SoftHSMv2 configured for an active tenant).
• Access to a Web User Interface
• A CSR created by a user
• A CA certificate and a private key within the CA

Steps

1. Navigate to the "Import" screen

   

   Fill in the form:

   • Type of imported material: "CSR"
   • Format: "PEM" or "DER" based on the actual format of the CSR file
   • File: upload the CSR file

2. Review the imported CSR

   

   If the CSR contains a proper information, click on the "Approve" button. You can also delete a CSR to cancel the request.

3. Create a certificate

   

   In this screen, fill in:

   • The certificate authority in "Issuer" field.
   • Press "Copy Certificate Signing Request to Certificate" if you want to copy attributes from CSR
   • Review, change or add attributes on remain tabs
   • Press "Submit" to create a certitifate

4. Review the created certificate

   

   Congratulations! You have created a certificate.

   You can download the certificate using a "Download" icon at the top right corner of the card.