Overview Skill Level: Intermediate Exercise caution when working on the WebSphere Admin Console Step-by-step instructions to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in WebSphere Application Server (WAS). The screenshots included are from WAS 9.0. Ingredients WebSphere Application Server (the screenshots are from WAS v9.0) Step-by-step Login into WAS Admin Console Login into WAS Admin Console: https://<WAS_ADMIN_HOST>:<WAS_ADMIN_PORT>/ibm/console Navigate to certificate configuration section Go to Security (Left Nav) -> SSL certificate and key management and click on Key stores and certificates link Select the KeyStore Click on NodeDefaultKeyStore Navigate to certificate request section Under Additional Properties, click on Personal certificate requests Start with new certificate request creation Click on New Enter the certificate request details Provide all the necessary details and click on Apply. Confirm the entered details The CSR details can be seen as below. Click on Save. CSR creation successful Get the CSR file The CSR file can be obtained from the WAS machine from the highlighted location, File for certificate request. Send to CA This CSR file can be sent to any of the Certifying Authority (CA) to receive a signed certificate. Based on this CSR, CA will provide a signed certificate. To receive this certificate in WAS, please refer to my recipe SSL Certificate Receipt in WAS