Creating a self-signed root CA certificate

First, you will create a self-signed root CA certificate to be used to sign the public-facing server certificate. To create a self-signed root CA certificate, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to NetScaler Gateway.

    Note

    The default username and password are nsroot and nsroot, respectively.

  2. Navigate to Traffic Management | SSL and select Create RSA Key, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Creating a self-signed root CA certificate
  3. Create the RSA key by entering the Key Filename and Key Size(bits) fields. Set Public Exponent Value as F4 and Key Format as PEM. Then, click on OK, as shown in the following screenshot:
  4. Under SSL Certificates, select Create ...

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