You can view or modify the CAClient object settings in the security configuration. The
CAClient object contains all the information needed to connect and communicate with a certificate
authority (CA). A connection to a Certificate Authority is used to request a certificate, query a
certificate, or revoke a certificate.
Before you begin
You use the administrative console to view or modify a CA client.
Procedure
- Click Security > SSL certificate and key management.
- Click Certificate Authority (CA) client configurations. A panel displaying the
existing CA clients appears.
- Click the CA client name you want to examine and modify.
Note: You can also use the getCAClient AdminTask to get information about the existing CA
client and the modifyCACleint AdminTask to make changes to the CA client.
- Make the changes to the CA client information as required.
Modify the following information as required.
- Name of the CA client.
- The management scope (selected from the drop-down list.
- Implementation class.
- CA server host name.
- User name.
- Password.
- Confirm of password.
- Number of times to poll.
- Polling interval (in minutes) when requestin certificates.
- Custom properties.
- Click Apply then OK.
Results
The information in the object can then be used by the runtime to connect to a CA to create,
revoke, or replace a certificate