- Navigate to the following webpage: http://YourCAServerAddress/certsrv/
- Enter your username and password.
- On the Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services homepage, click Request a certificate.
- Click advanced certificate request.
- Paste the CSR file content in the Saved Request field.
- Choose a certificate template from the Certificate Template pop-up menu.Note:
You can use any certificate template that supports digital signature. Consult your certificate administrator if needed.
- Click Submit. Note:
If your server is not configured with the auto-approve option, have the submitted certificate request manually approved before clicking View the status of a pending certificate request and continuing to step 8.
- Select Base 64 encoded.
- Click Download certificate, and then rename the certificate as user.cer.
- Click Download certificate chain to download the .p7b file.
- To extract certificates from the .p7b file, do the following:
- Double-click the file and enter your Keychain Access authentication.
- In Keychain Access, control-click the root certificate to export it as a .cer file. You can now rename and save it elsewhere. The recommended file name is ca.cer.
- Click Save.
- (Optional) If you have an intermediate or issuing CA certificate, export and rename those as well. The recommended file names are int.cer and issuer.cer, respectively.