Question & Answer
Question
How to install and configure a certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)?
Cause
The CLM applications come with a default certificate. You can request a certificate that is signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).
Answer
- Request CA certificate from either iKeyman or using ISC console - which will be in .arm file to export.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.nd.multiplatform.doc/info/ae/ae/tsec_sslcreateCArequest.html - Send the .arm file to CA Third-party authority to sign.
- CA Third-party authority will sign and send back a Personal Certificate as well as a Public Signer, sometimes they send back only a Personal Certificate after singing, they assume that you have their third-party signer.
- Add signer to the keyStore and then received the personal into the keyStore
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.nd.multiplatform.doc/info/ae/ae/tsec_sslreceiveCAcert.html - Export the personal certificate and then import to signer section of the trustStore or use Exchange Signer from console by selecting keyStore and trustStore to exchange.
- Map the new CA certificate to an endpoint. You can do this from the Administrative console page, click Security > SSL certificate and key management. Under Configuration settings, click Manage endpoint security configurations > select server from {Inbound | Outbound} > ssl_configuration. Select a scope for the SSL configuration and select the certificate under Certificate alias in keyStore.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/usec_sslconfigscopes.html
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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