Retrieve from port

Use this page to retrieve a signer certificate from a remote SSL port. The system connects to the specified remote SSL host and port and receives the signer during the handshake using an SSL configuration.

To view this administrative console page, click Security > SSL certificate and key management. Under Configuration settings, click Manage endpoint security configurations > {Inbound | Outbound} > ssl_configuration. Under Related items, click Key stores and certificates > key store. Under Additional Properties, click Signer certificates. Then click the Retrieve from port button.

To retrieve a signer certificate from a specific port, you enter the host and port, select an SSL configuration from the pull-down list, and enter an alias to identify the signer certificate. Click Retrieve Signer Information and information about the signer certificate is displayed, such as the serial number of the certificate, who the certificate is issued to and by, the certificate finger print, and the expiration information for the certificate. If you want the certificate to be stored in the keystore, click Apply or Save.

Host

Specifies the host name to which you connect when attempting to retrieve the signer certificate from the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port.

Information Value
Data type: Text

Port

Specifies the SSL port to which you connect when attempting to retrieve the signer certificate.

Information Value
Data type: Text

SSL configuration for outbound connection

Specifies the SSL configuration that is used to connect to the previously specified SSL port. This configuration is also the SSL configuration that contains the signer after retrieval. This SSL configuration does not need to have the trusted certificate for the SSL port as it is retrieved during validation and presented here.

Information Value
Data type: Text

Alias

Specifies the certificate alias name that you want to reference the signer in the key store, which is specified in the SSL configuration.

Information Value
Data type: Text