User's Manual
Client certificates
Rack Power Manager software client certificates (also known as user certificates) are used to
authenticate client users during login when the Rack Power Manager software internal
authentication service is configured in their user accounts. See Adding User Accounts on page
211.
To use Rack Power Manager software client certificates for authentication, a Rack Power
Manager software administrator must first enable certificate authentication; see Client session
information on page 69. Once this is enabled, the Rack Power Manager server will prompt the
client web browser to send its user certificates.
The Rack Power Manager software client certificate must first be loaded into the client web
browser and be associated with a user account. There are two ways to do this:
• The certificate location can be specified in a user account - see User certificates on page
216
• The Rack Power Manager software administrator may enable user-settable certificates, then
the user may specify the certificate location - see Specifying a user certificate on page 41
If the system certificate policy (see below) is enabled for user certificates, the certificate used at
login must meet the policy requirements.
Managed appliance certificates
Certificates are also used for authenticating and authorizing managed appliance sessions when a
managed appliance is added in secure mode. See Adding Units on page 119.
System certificate policy and trust store
Rack Power Manager software administrators may configure the certificate policy by
enabling/disabling settings. The trust store contains a list of all trusted certificate authorities
known to the Rack Power Manager software. You may add, remove or modify the location of
trust store entries.
To configure certificate policy settings:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.
3. Click X.509 Certificates in the side navigation bar. The System Certificate Policy window
will open.
4. Enable/disable checkboxes or select values as indicated for each setting.
Table 5.2: System Certificate Policy
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