Manage Local Host Key Stores and Keys

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The local host key store contains the private key used by SSP to identify itself to the client during server authentication in inbound SFTP connections. To use SSH, you must configure a local host key store and import a local host key into the key store. When you are setting up the local host private key, be sure to distribute the matching public key to your trading partners.

Before you begin

Never distribute the private key to your trading partners.

Procedure

Create a Local Host Key Store and Import a Key
  1. Click Credentials from the menu bar.
  2. Click Actions > New SSH Key Store > Local Host Key Store.
  3. In the Local Host Key Store Configuration window, type a name for the key store in the Local Host Key Store Name field (no spaces allowed).
  4. Click New.
  5. In the Local Host Key Configuration window, specify the following: Local Host Key Name, Password, and Confirm Password.
  6. Click Browse and select the private key to import into the key store. The key contents display in the Key data field.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Save.

What to do next

You can add as many keys as needed to this key store after it is created. You can now select this key store and key when configuring the SFTP Reverse Proxy Adapter.