User's Manual

66 Using Server Administrator
4 When you finish setting options in the Server Preferences window,
click
Apply Changes .
X.509 Certificate Management
Web certificates are necessary to ensure the identity of a remote system and
ensure that information exchanged with the remote system cannot be viewed or
changed by others. To ensure system security, it is recommended that:
• You generate a new X.509 certificate, reuse an existing X.509 certificate,
or import a root certificate or certificate chain from a Certification
Authority (CA).
• All systems that have Server Administrator installed have unique host names.
NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform certificate
management.
To manage X.509 certificates through the Preferences home page,
click General Settings, click the Web Server tab, and click X.509 Certificate.
The following are the available options:
• Generate a new X.509 certificate — Creates a certificate for access to
Server Administrator.
•
Certificate Maintenance — Selects an existing certificate that your
company has title to, and uses this certificate to control access to Server
Administrator.
•
Import a root certificate — Allows you to import the root certificate, as
well as the certificate response (in PKCS#7 format), received from the
trusted certificate authority.
•
Import certificate chain from a CA — Allows you to import the certificate
response (in PKCS#7 format) from the trusted certificate authority. Some of
the reliable certificate authorities are Verisign, Thawte, and Entrust.
Server Administrator Web Server Action Tabs
The following are the action tabs that are displayed when you log in to
manage the Server Administrator web server:
•Shutdown
•Logs
• Session Management
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