Managing keystore configurations remotely

You can manage keystores remotely in a WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment environment on separate machines. A node server can hold the configuration for a keystore, while the actual keystore resides on another system. After you set up a remotely managed configuration, you can perform all of the certificate and keystore operations for the keystore on the remote machine from the server that contains the keystore remote configuration.

1. Click Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations > {Inbound | Outbound} > ssl_configuration > Key stores and certificates.
2. Click New.
3. Type a name in the Name field.
   This name uniquely identifies the keystore in the configuration.
4. Type the location of the keystore file in the Path field.
   The location can be a file name or a file Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to an existing keystore file.
5. Type the keystore password in the Password field.
   This password is for the keystore file that you specified in the Path field.
6. Type the keystore password again in the Confirm Password field to confirm the password.
7. Select a keystore type from the list.
   The type you select is for the keystore file that you specified in the Path field.
8. Select the Remotely managed check box, and then fill in one or more hosts names of the systems where the keystore file is to be located. If you provide multiple host names, separate the host names with a pipe (|).
9. Select any of the following optional selections:
   • The Read only selection creates a keystore configuration object but does not create a keystore file. If this option is selected, the keystore file that you specified in the Path field must already exist.
   • The Initialize at startup selection initializes the keystore during run time.
10. Select Apply and Save.