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If you are familiar with the certificates request procedure and you are confident, follow these steps, otherwise go to section '''More extensive 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://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant;
   1. Go to https://cm.harica.gr/;
   2. Choose your institution, and login;
   2. Choose "Academic Login";
   3. Request a '''GEANT Personal Authentication''' certificate and use '''RSA - 8192''' as Key type for Key Generation;
  3. Choose your institution, and login;
  4. Give a Password to secure the P12 file that contains the certificate and '''Submit''' and '''Agree''' with the EULA;  
   4. Request an "IGTF Client Auth" and choose "GEANT Personal Authentication";
   5. This last step will trigger automatically the download of your certificate in a P12 file;
  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. You now have to upload the certificate on you browser.
   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 ==
== More extensive documentation ==
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[[File:Institution_IdP_Harica.png|600px|thumb|left|Login with your institution credentials. This page may look different depending on the institution.]]
[[File:Institution_IdP_Harica.png|600px|thumb|left|Login with your institution credentials. This page may look different depending on the institution.]]


[[File:Dashboard_Harica.png|1200px|thumb|left|When logged in you will arrive at the Dashboard page. At this point, you need to go ro "IGTF Client Auth".]]
[[File:Dashboard_Harica.png|1200px|thumb|left|When logged in you will arrive at the Dashboard page. At this point, you need to go to "IGTF Client Auth".]]




Revision as of 13:32, 26 September 2025

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"


Request a GEANT Personal Authentication certificate and use RSA - 8192 as Key type for Key Generation.
A this point the certificate is generated and you can just save it in your computer
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
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