Obtaining a certificate

Quick documentation

If you are familiar with the certificates request procedure and you are confident, follow these steps, otherwise go to section More extensive documentation:

 1. Go to https://cm.harica.gr/;
 2. Choose "Academic Login";
 3. Choose your institution, and login;
 4. Request an "IGTF Client Auth" and choose "GEANT Personal Authentication";
 5. Enroll your certificate using RSA - 4096 to generate it and give a password to secure the P12 file that contains the certificate. Agree on the policy and "Enroll Certificate"; 
 6. This last step will show a pop-up that allows the download of your certificate in a P12 file;
 7. You can now upload the certificate on you browser.

More extensive documentation

Go to https://cm.harica.gr/

Choose "Academic Login" and you will redirected to the IdP federation login page

Choose your institution, e.g., by typing 'ULB' or 'VUB'

Login with your institution credentials. This page may look different depending on the institution.

When logged in you will arrive at the Dashboard page. At this point, you need to go to "IGTF Client Auth".

Here choose "GEANT Personal Authentication"

Here just press "Next"

Check the box to agree with the policy. And press "Submit Request"

From the Dashboard page you can now "Enroll your Certificate"

Select RSA (Default) and 4096. Give a password to secure the P12 file that contains the certificate. Agree on the policy and "Enroll Certificate"

Download your certificate in a P12 file

On your browser, go to
[Firefox] Preferences -> Certificates -> View Certificates
[chrome] Settings > Privacy and Security > Security > Manage Certificates > Your Certificates

Press the Import button and select the cert.p12 files you just downloaded

The certificate is now listed in the Certificate Manager