You can add a digital certificate to electronically validate your identity to a trading partner. Use Digital Certificates to add a CA digital certificate.
Before you begin
You can import a CA digital certificate as a resource from another installation of B2B Advanced Communications. For more information, see Resource commands.
About this task
After you receive a new digital certificate from a certificate authority (CA), you must add it to B2B Advanced Communications.
Procedure
To add a CA digital certificate:
- Log in to B2B Advanced Communications as a Master Account Administrator or a user with the permissions to create digital certificates.
- Click .
- Click
- On the New CA Certificate page, enter the following values:
- Associated Organization
Click Select and select the owner organization with which the certificate is associated.
- Certificate File
Click Upload to browse and select the certificate file.
Restriction: The certificate file must be a valid PKCS12 formatted keystore for public-private key pairs (.P12 or .PFX file extensions) or DER encoded for public certificates (.DER file extension).
Tip: Only one copy of a digital certificate can be in the system, regardless of the certificate alias with which it is associated. Additionally, certificates cannot be used by more than one trading partner.
- Certificate Alias
Select Use an existing certificate alias to use an existing certificate alias or Create new certificate alias to create a new certificate alias. All certificates must have a unique alias to enable the system to recognize the certificate name.
Tip: When you add a certificate and use an existing certificate alias, the new certificate is added to the list of certificates that are already associated with that alias.
Restriction: A certificate alias can be only associated with a maximum of two certificates. If a certificate alias already has two certificates that are associated with it, the alias is not displayed in the list of available aliases. Additionally, if the organization is using only certificate aliases that are already associated with two certificates, the Use an existing certificate alias option is disabled.
- Certificate Revocation List
Optional: Select from a list or click Add CRL to add a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) for the certificate.
- Effective from date
Specify the date and time from which the certificate is effective for use within B2B Advanced Communications. The certificate can be used
within B2B Advanced Communications after this date.
- Effective to date
Specify the date and time until which the certificate is effective for use within
B2B Advanced Communications. The certificate can be used
within B2B Advanced Communications after this date.
- Click Save to save the digital certificate and return to the CA Certificates collection page.