Creating the Certificate Request

The process of creating a certificate request involves collecting certain information from the requester. Usually, this is done through some sort of user interface (UI), although the information could be taken directly from a database without the need for a UI. The level of information required is set by the policy of the certification authority (CA).

An example of the required information might be as follows:

• Common Name
• Unit Name
• Company Name
• City
• State
• Country/Region

Note

The interface is designed to make a single request for each xenroll instance. A separate xenroll instance must be created to create each certificate request.

 

For information about how to use the Certificate Enrollment Control to request a certificate in specific programming languages, see the following topics:

• Request Sample in C++
• Request Sample in VBScript