Hitachi

JP1 Version 12 JP1/Data Highway - Server Configuration and Administration Guide


12.3.6 selfsignedcertreq.bat (creating a CSR (certificate signing request))

Organization of this subsection

(1) Function

Creates a CSR (certificate signing request) file to be used for immediate use of JP1/DH - Server for the purposes such as testing and evaluation.

(2) Executor

A user with a built-in Administrator account or with Administrator permissions executes the command from the command prompt.#

#

Do not execute a command directly. Use the command prompt to execute a command.

(3) Format

selfsignedcertreq.bat
  -key key-file
  -out CSR-file
  -subject "subject"

(4) Arguments

Important

In the case of Linux, you cannot specify an argument containing single-byte spaces.

-key key-file

Specify the secret key created in 12.3.5 selfsignedkeygen.bat (creating a secret key).

-out CSR-file

Specify the name of the CSR (certificate signing request) file to be created.

-subject "subject"

Specify the subject name of the certificate in the format described below. The values that you can specify are as follows:

"/C=2-character-country-code(JP for Japan)/ST=state-or-province-name/L=city-or-area-name/O=organization-name/OU=organization-unit-name/CN=FQDN-of-the-server-host"

An example of specification is as follows:

"/C=JP/ST=Tokyo/L=Shinagawa-ku/O=Hitachi.Ltd./OU=SoftwareDevelopment/CN=p1dhserver.foo1.foo2.co.jp"
Important

You can specify values with alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

A half# space, period (.), hyphen (-), and a half comma (,)

You cannot use a forward slash (/).

#: You can specify a single-byte space with Windows only.

(5) Execution results

A CSR (certificate signing request) file is created with the name specified for -out.

(6) Notes on using the command

Do not execute a command directly. Use the command prompt to execute a command.

If you have enabled UAC (User Account Control) in the operating system, use one of the following ways to execute a command:

Simultaneous executions of commands on the same machine are not supported.