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1. Run the following commands to define the required stringsnewline string: 

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   language powershell
   $NewLine = [System.Environment]::NewLine

2. Run the following commands to create the temporary files: 

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   language powershell
   $CertificateTemplateFile = New-TemporaryFile $CertificateRequestFile = New-TemporaryFile

3. Run the following commands to define the certificate template:

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   language powershell
   $CertificateTemplate = @' [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" [NewRequest] Subject="CN=%Subject%" Exportable=TRUE MachineKeySet=TRUE KeyLength=2048 KeySpec=AT_KEYEXCHANGE [Extensions] 2.5.29.17="{text}" _continue_="DNS=%Subject%&" '@

4. Run the following commands to update the subject in the certificate template: 

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   language powershell
   $CertificateTemplate = $CertificateTemplate.Replace('%Subject%', $Subject)

5. Run the following commands to add any optional DNS subject alternate names to the certificate template: 

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   language powershell
   ForEach ($SubjectAlternateName in $SubjectAlternateNames) { $CertificateTemplate = '{0}{1}_continue_="DNS={2}&"' -f $CertificateTemplate, $NewLine, $SubjectAlternateName }

6. Run the following commands to add any optional IP Address subject alternate names to the certificate template: 

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   language powershell
   ForEach ($CertificateIPAddress in $CertificateIPAddresses) { $CertificateTemplate = '{0}{1}_continue_="IPAddress={2}&"' -f $CertificateTemplate, $NewLine, $CertificateIPAddress }

7. Run the following commands to trim the certificate template:

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   language powershell
   $CertificateTemplate = $CertificateTemplate -replace '&"\s*$', '"'

8. Run the following commands to write the certificate template file:

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   language powershell
   $Content | Out-File -FilePath $CertificateTemplateFile -Force

9. Run the following commands to review the certificate template file: 

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   language powershell
   Get-Content -Path $CertificateTemplateFile

10. Run the following commands to create the certificate request file:

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    language powershell
    certreq -new -f $CertificateTemplateFile $CertificateRequestFile

11. Run the following commands to review the certificate request file: 

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    language powershell
    Get-Content -Path $CertificateRequestFile

12. Run the following commands to retrieve the certificate request file name: 

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    language powershell
    Get-Item -Path $CertificateRequestFile

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