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Improved instructions for Self-Signed CA setup

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Troy McConaghy
2017-06-26 15:34:03 +02:00
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docs/server/source/production-deployment-template/ca-installation.rst
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@@ -33,15 +33,12 @@ by going to the ``bdb-cluster-ca/easy-rsa-3.0.1/easyrsa3`` directory and using:
./easyrsa build-ca
You will be prompted to enter the Distinguished Name for this CA. You can hit
enter to accept the default values or change it at each prompt.
You will also be asked to enter a PEM pass phrase for encrypting the ``ca.key`` file.
You will also be asked to enter a PEM pass phrase (for encrypting the ``ca.key`` file).
Make sure to securely store that PEM pass phrase.
If you lose it, you won't be able to add or remove entities from your PKI infrastructure in the future.
It will ask several other questions.
You can accept all the defaults [in brackets] by pressing Enter.
You will be prompted to enter the Distinguished Name (DN) information for this CA.
For each field, you can accept the default value [in brackets] by pressing Enter.
While ``Easy-RSA CA`` *is* a valid and acceptable Common Name,
you should probably enter a name based on the name of the managing organization,
e.g. ``Omega Ledger CA``.