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N.B. There si an ongoing issue with Digicert, the certificate provider, leading to certificates staying pending. <br>
For now, you need to follow the procedure using either Safari, Edge, or firefox-esr (very easy to download and start).


== Quick documentation ==
== Quick documentation ==
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If you already requested certificates on one way or another, and/or you are a confident person, just:
If you already requested certificates on one way or another, and/or you are a confident person, just:


   1. Go to http://www.digicert.com/sso;
   1. Go to https://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant;
   2. Choose your institution, and login;
   2. Choose your institution, and login;
   3. Request a '''Grid Premium''' certificate;
   3. Request a '''GEANT IGTF-MICS Personal''' certificate and use '''Generate RSA''' for the Private key;
   4. You can now export the certificate from your browser if needed.
   4. Give a Password to secure the P12 file that contains the certificate and '''Submit''' and '''Agree''' with the EULA;
 
  5. This last step will trigger automatically the download of your certificate in a P12 file.


== More extensive documentation ==
== More extensive documentation ==


<span style="color: red;">'''Go to http://www.digicert.com/sso'''</span>
<span style="color: red;">'''Go to https://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant'''</span>


[[File:Digicert-1.png|600px|thumb|left|Choose your institution, e.g., by typing 'VUB' or 'Vrije Universiteit Brussel']]
[[File:Digicert-1.png|600px|thumb|left|Choose your institution, e.g., by typing 'ULB' or 'VUB']]
[[File:Digicert-2.png|600px|thumb|left|Press the button Start single sign-on]]
[[File:Digicert-2.png|600px|thumb|left|Press the button Start single sign-on]]
[[File:Digicert-3.png|600px|thumb|left|Login with your institution credentials. This page will look different for different institutions.]]
[[File:Digicert-3.png|600px|thumb|left|Login with your institution credentials. This page will look different for different institutions.]]
[[File:Digicert-4.png|600px|thumb|left|Choose a Premium Grid certificate, and press the button Request certificate.]]
[[File:Digicert-4.png|600px|thumb|left|Request a '''GEANT IGTF-MICS Personal''' certificate and use '''Generate RSA''' for the Private key.]]
[[File:Digicert-5.png|600px|thumb|left|If you see this, your request succeeded. Note that your certificate is already installed in your browser !]]
[[File:Digicert-6.png|600px|thumb|left|If you go back to http://www.digicert.com/sso, you'll see an overview of your certificates. In case of a security problem (e.g. stolen laptop), you can also revoke the certificate here.]]

Revision as of 08:53, 10 September 2020

Quick documentation

If you already requested certificates on one way or another, and/or you are a confident person, just: 

 1. Go to https://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant;
 2. Choose your institution, and login;
 3. Request a GEANT IGTF-MICS Personal certificate and use Generate RSA for the Private key;
 4. Give a Password to secure the P12 file that contains the certificate and Submit and Agree with the EULA; 
 5. This last step will trigger automatically the download of your certificate in a P12 file.

More extensive documentation

Go to https://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant

Choose your institution, e.g., by typing 'ULB' or 'VUB'
Press the button Start single sign-on
Login with your institution credentials. This page will look different for different institutions.
Request a GEANT IGTF-MICS Personal certificate and use Generate RSA for the Private key.
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