Using a certificate chain of trust as the IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager server certificate

You can configure IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager to present a server certificate chain of trust to a client.

About this task

A certificate chain of trust can include an end-entity certificate, one or more intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates, and a root CA certificate.

Procedure

  1. Create a certificate signing request. For instructions, see Creating a server certificate.
  2. Import the signed certificate to IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager. For instructions, see Importing a CA-signed certificate or a certificate chain of trust.

What to do next

After the certificate chain of trust is imported, it is listed in the server certificates table. Use the options on the Server certificates tab to view and manage the certificate chain of trust. For more information, see Managing system certificates.