Configuring SSL authentication on an alternate master

You can configure SSL communication on an alternate master. The alternate master will need to install the openssl.base fileset. With the SSL fileset installed on the alternate master, the NIM master must be configured with SSL authentication using the article topic "Using NIM to install clients configured with SSL authentication from the command line".

Follow these procedures to configure SSL authentication for the alternate master from the command line.

• If OpenSSL is installed on the NIM alternate master, to configure SSL on the alternate master, type:

  # nimconfig -c

• If OpenSSL is installed on the NIM alternate master, to establish SSL communication with the NIM master, type:

  # nimclient -c

• If OpenSSL is installed on the NIM alternate master, to establish SSL communication from the alternate master with each of the NIM client, type on each of the NIM client, where <alternate_master> is the name of the alternate_master.

  # nimclient -o get_cert -a master_name=<alternate_master>