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== Quick documentation ==
== Quick documentation ==


If you already requested certificates on one way or another, and/or you are a confident person, just:
If you are familiar with the certificate 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://cert-manager.com/customer/belnet/idp/clientgeant;
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   5. This last step will trigger automatically the download of your certificate in a P12 file;
   5. This last step will trigger automatically the download of your certificate in a P12 file;
   6. You now have to upload the certificate on you browser.
   6. You now have to upload the certificate on you browser.


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

Revision as of 10:50, 20 September 2021

Quick documentation

If you are familiar with the certificate 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;
 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;
 6. You now have to upload the certificate on you browser.

More extensive documentation

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

Choose your institution, e.g., by typing 'ULB' or 'VUB'
Login with your institution credentials. This page will look different for different institutions.
Request a GEANT IGTF-MICS Personal 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 Preferences -> Certificates -> View Certificates
Press the Import button and select the cert.p12 files you just downloaded
The certificate is now listed in the Certificate Manager