How to obtain a CILogon Silver CA certificate
Intended for:
CILogon personal certificate users.
Scenario/Use case:
This article provides instructions on how to get a CILogon Silver CA certificate and load it in your browser. You do not need to renew your CILogon Silver CA certificate. Instead, you follow the same process as getting a new certificate.
NOTE: CILogon certificates are valid for for up to 13 months (9516 hours). You will NOT receive a reminder when your certificate is close to expiration or has expired. You may wish to set a reminder to renew your certificate before it expires.
Instructions:
How to get a CILogon Silver CA certificate (follow this same process if you have a CILogon Silver CA certificate that will expire soon and you need to get a new one)
- Go to https://cilogon.org
- Look through the list of Identity Providers.
- If your institution is in that list, select it and click Log On.
- If your institution is not in that list, and you have accounts at Fermilab:
- Select Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and click Log On.
- Enter your Services account username and password, and click Login
.
- Enter a password to protect your certificate and click Get New Certificate.
- Click Click Here To Download Your Certificate and save your certificate to your computer.
How to load the CILogon Silver CA certificate into your browser
For Windows users:
- Double-click on the saved certificate file.
- Click Next.
- Click Next again.
- Type the password you entered earlier for the certificate.
- Keep the default settings and click Next.
- Keep the default settings and click Next again.
- Click Finish
- Click Privacy & Security on the left navigation bar and then scroll down to the Certificates section.
- Click View Certificates.
- Select the "Your Certificates tab".
- Select the certificate you and click Import... and follow the instructions to import your certificate.
For Mac users:
Safari
- Click the certificate that you have saved earlier. This will add it to your keychain for use with Safari.
Firefox
- Open Firefox preferences on the Firefox menu bar.
- Click Advanced on the left navigation bar and then select the "Certificates" tab.
- Click View Certificates.
- Select the "Your Certificates" tab.
- Click Import... and follow the instructions to import your certificate.