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Background
This process is for requesting TLS certificates for delegated domains within the Sectigo Certificate Manager. This guide assumes you have already been granted a login to the manager and that your departmental domains have been delegated to your account.
Certificate Manager Login
- Access the Sectigo Certificate Manager.
- Select CalNet Login as the Sign In option.
- After authentication, you will be redirected to the manager dashboard.
Certificate Request Process
Prerequisite: To request a certificate, you must have a valid Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with a minimum RSA-2048 key. For help generating a CSR, please refer to the Sectigo CSR Generation Guide.
- Within the certificate manager, select the Menu icon (top-left) and then navigate to Certificates > SSL Certificates.
- In the top-right corner, select the green Add (+) button to open the request wizard.
- Leave the enrollment method as Using a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and select Next.
- On the Details page, select the appropriate Certificate Profile:
SSL Single Domain General Profile: For the majority of single-subject certificates.Multi Domain General Profile: For certificates with more than one subject name (SAN).
- Select the Maximum Certificate Term.
- Under Notifications, enter your email address (or preferably a departmental mailing list).
Important: You must click the Plus (+) button or press
Enterafter typing the email address, otherwise it will not be saved. - Click Next.
- Paste your CSR into the text field and click Next.
- Validate your domain(s) and click Next.
- Ensure Auto-Renewal is turned OFF.
- Click OK to finish the request.
You will return to the SSL Certificates list. Your request will initially show a status of Applied. Refresh after a short time, and once verified, the status will update to Issued. An email with download links will be sent to the address provided in Step 6.