Creating the keystore or truststore for the client

On the SSL client, create a keystore to store the client certificate, and create a truststore for the client to store the server certificate.

About this task

Several tools are available for managing keystores. The following steps create a client certificate to store in the client keystore and a client truststore to store server certificates.

Procedure

  1. Create a certificate for the client, the IMS TM resource adapter, and have the certificate signed by a certificate authority (for example, VeriSign). You can also create your own certificate authority (CA) by using software such as OpenSSL to sign your own (self-signed) certificate.
  2. Create a keystore by using a key management tool such as Ikeyman or Keytool.
  3. Import the client certificate (if one is available) into the keystore.
  4. Create a truststore for the client by creating another keystore.
  5. Import the certificate for the server (IMS Connect) into the client truststore.