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receivecert (receive certificate)

Receive a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) as the result of a previous request.

Purpose

You can use the receivecert command to accept a certificate that has been signed by a CA.

Syntax

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Parameters

-m QMgrName: Specifies the name of the queue manager for which the certificate is accepted.; The queue manager must exist.
-file FileName: Specifies the file that contains the certificate.; This file must be available on the appliance. The file must be located in mqpubcert://.
-format ascii|binary: Specifies the format of the certificate.; The default value is ascii.

Usage notes

This command must be run from the IBM® MQ administration mode. If the system is in the IBM MQ administration mode the prompt includes mq. To enter the IBM MQ administration mode, enter mqcli on the command line. To exit the IBM MQ administration mode, enter exit on the command line.

Examples

The following command accepts a certificate file certificate.pem for the queue manager QM1 :
```
receivecert -m QM1 -file certificate.pem
```

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