Receiving a certificate issued by a certificate authority
When a certificate authority (CA) receives a certificate request, it issues a new certificate that functions as a temporary placeholder for a CA-issued certificate. A keystore receives the certificate from the CA and generates a CA-signed personal certificate that WebSphere® Application Server can use for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security.
Before you begin
Supported configurations: To
receive a certificate by using the wsadmin tool, use the receiveCertificate command
of the AdminTask object. For more information, see the PersonalCertificateCommands
command group for the AdminTask object article.
About this task
Complete the following steps in the administrative console:
Procedure
- Click Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations > {Inbound | Outbound} > ssl_configuration > Key stores and certificates > [keystore].
- Under Additional Properties, click Personal certificates.
- Select a personal certificate.
- Click Receive a certificate from a certificate authority.
- Type the full path and name of the certificate file.
- Select a data type from the list.
- Click Apply and Save.