Mdaemon ssl certificate
Note: The request and installation of third party SSL certificates is NOT supported by Alt-N Technical Support, and those who choose to use a third party certificate should be aware of all security issues related to installing and using SSL certificates with their Operating System. Alt-N Technologies is not responsible for the content or availability of external links. This article contains reference to an external link or links. The certificate will now be available in MDaemon when SSL/HTTP configurations have been created.įor more information about the Certreq.exe utility, please see Microsoft's website: Certreq.crt file you received from the certificate authority):Ĭ:\> certreq -accept Enter the following command (substitute for the actual name of the.Navigate to the directory that contains the CRT file (C:\ in this example).
If the certificate authority asks which type of server to select, choose Apache.Using the CSROutput.pem file, go back to the certificate authority and use the file to request your certificate.Open Windows Explorer and browse to the C:\ directory to locate the CSROutput.pem file.C:\ is used in this example.Ĭ:\> certreq -new CSRParameters.inf CSROutput.pem Change the directory to a directory in which the command prompt can read/write/interact with.ProviderName="Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider" Subject="CN=,OU=MDaemon Technologies,O=MDaemon Technologies,S=Texas,L=Grapevine,C=US" Use the contents below as a template, replacing the Subject= section with the server name/location. Create a file named CSRParameters.inf a directory in which the user has permissions to read/write/interact with.Log into your mail server using an Administrator account.Create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR):.Purchase an SSL Certificate from an issuing authority.The example below will generate a CSR for a 2048 bit key length certificate. Windows has a command line utility, certreq.exe that will allow you to create a certificate request and import the new certificate into the Windows Certificate Store, where it can be used with MDaemon.
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In the past, we have recommended installing Internet Information Server (IIS) and using it to generate the certificate request, but that may be difficult for Administrators who are not used to working with that product or who do not wish to install IIS on their server. MDaemon does not have a method of creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for you in order to obtain a third party SSL certificate issued by a Trusted Root Authority (such as Verisign or GoDaddy).
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688 How to create a CSR and import a third-party SSL certificate for MDaemon using Certreq