Deployment Guide

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Figure 9-1. Example .CSR File
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Follow your organizational process for acquiring an SSL server certificate from a Certificate Authority. Send the contents
of the <csr-filename> for signing.
NOTE: There are several methods to request a valid certificate. An example method is shown in
Example Method to Request a Certificate
.
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When the signed certificate is received, store it in a file.
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As a best practice, back up this certificate in case an error occurs during the import process. This backup will prevent
having to start the process over.
Import a Root Certificate
NOTE: If the root certificate Certificate Authority is Verisign (but not Verisign Test), skip to the next procedure and import the signed
certificate.
The Certificate Authority root certificate validates signed certificates.
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Do
one
of the following:
Download the Certificate Authority root certificate, and store it in a file.
Obtain the enterprise directory server root certificate.
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Do
one
of the following:
If you are enabling SSL for Compliance Reporter, Console
Web Services, Device Server, or Legacy Gatekeeper
Connector, change to the component
conf
directory.
If you are enabling SSL between the Server and the enterpri
se directory server, change to
<Dell install dir>\Java
Runtimes\jre1.x.x_xx\lib\security
(The default password for JRE cacerts is
changeit
).
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Run Keytool as follows to install the root certificate:
keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias <ca-cert-alias> -keystore .\cacerts -file
<ca-cert-filename>
Example:
keytool -import -alias Entrust -keystore .\cacerts -file .\Entrust.cer
Example Method to Request a Certificate
An example method to request a certificate is to use a web browser to access the Microsoft CA Server, which will be set up
internally by your organization.
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Navigate to the Microsoft CA Server. The IP address will be supplied by your organization.