Customer Support > SSL Certificates > Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using F5 Big-IP

You must create a SSL configuration file, before generating a CSR. This can be completed by running the following command:

# /usr/local/bin/genconf

When you run this command, the Big-IP will ask for your company information.

Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:GB
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:London
Locality Name (eg, city) []:London
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Global Sign
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:IT
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:www.globalsign.net (Must be the Fully Qualifed Domain Name)
Email Address - Leave blank
Challenge Password - Leave blank
Retype Password - Leave blank

Run the following command to generate a new certificate request:

# /usr/local/bin/genkey www.yourdomain.com

Be sure to replace www.yourdomain.com with your Common name - FQDN (Fully Qualifed domain name). You will be prompted again for your company information during this step.

Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:GB
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:London
Locality Name (eg, city) []:London
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Global Sign
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:IT
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:www.globalsign.net (Must be the FQDN - Fully Qualifed Domain Name)

The CSR will be stored in the following: /config/bigconfig/ssl.crt/Fully Qualified Domain Name.crt

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