How to Install OpenVPN SSL Certificate
Cryptography is one of those areas which a lot of people will find very complicated. Although installing and managing the OpenVPN SSL Certificate for your access server could become very complicated, this article will try to cover the basics involved to help you in getting your Access Server secured in a few easy steps.
To start with, you must look for a company to get the certificate. The best company to choose for your OpenVPN SSL Certificate is GoDaddy.
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Generating a Certificate Signing Request
First of all, you need to generate a certificate signing request. This will be used for the submission to a commercial certification authority. For you to be able to generate the proper keying materials to be used for the Access server software, you need a machine that was installed with the OpenVPN SSL. This can also be installed through the apt get install OpenVPN SSL command. In order to check if the OpenVPN SSL is installed properly, simply invoke the command OpenVPN SSL version through a terminal session.
You will then be asked some questions regarding the certificate signing request that you are about to build. Some information that will be asked are the country name, state or province name, locality name, organization name, etc. As soon as all of the questions are answered, two files will then be created on the current directory.
Installing a Commercial SSL Certificate
As soon as your certificate authority has been approved for the certificate signing request, it will then send you the signed certificate as well as a certificate bundle. In order to be able to install the certificate, you will need the signed certificate from your certificate authority. If you will be asked to choose the format, choose the X509/Base64 (PEM/CER).
The private key that you have generated when you create the certificate signing request is also needed. You should be able to get access to the same private key with the signed CSR. If you have lost access to such file, then you must restart the process all over again and request for a certificate replacement.
Process of Installing the OpenVPN SSL Certificate
To install the OpenVPN SSL certificate, you need to first log in with your username and password to the Admin Web UI. As soon as you are logged in, check out the Web Server section on the left portion of the navigation panel. Enter the three files that are necessary for the certificate installation and then hit the button that says validate.
As soon as you have provided all of the necessary files, there will be a successful message that will appear. Simply click on the save button in order to save the changes. You may also want to click on the update running server in order for the changes to take effect immediately. You may encounter some problems during the installation process and the most common problem could happen if you are unable to provide the necessary files correctly. If your private key will not match the one that you used to sign the certificate signing request, then you could encounter some problems as well.
