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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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5Usethedefaultportnumberorsetadifferentportnumber.
6 Savethefile.
Afteryoucompletethistask,postgres_dsnappearsinthedrop‐downmenuonthe
DatabasetabintheACE
ManagementServerSetupapplication.
Prepare Custom Security Certificates
TousecustomSSLcertificates,eitheryourownself‐signedcertificatesorthoseofa
third‐partyorinternalCA(certificateauthority),youmustprovidethecertificate,key,
and(inthecaseofCAs)certificatechainfiles.ThesefilesmustbePEMencoded.
Afteryoucreateorobtainthesefiles,upload
themtoACE ManagementServerbyusing
theCustomSSLCertificatestabintheACEManagementServerSetupapplication.
FormoreinformationabouthowVMwareACEusesSSLcertificates,see“UsingSSL
CertificatesandProtocol”onpage 21.
To prepare custom security certificates
1 Createorprovidetheneededfiles:
Foryourownself‐signedcertificate,usetheopensslutilitytocreateanew
self‐signedcertificate.
Forathird‐partyCAorinternalCA,obtainanSSLcertificatesignedbythat
CA,andacertificate‐verificationchainfile.
Thechainfileisaconcatenationofeverycertificaterequiredtoverifythenew
SSLcertificateyoucreatedorobtained.Stepsforobtainingthecertificatechain
vary,dependingon
whichhostoperatingsystemyouareusingandonthe
sourcefromwhichtheCAcertificateisobtained.
Aprivate‐keyfile.SSLencryptsdatathroughtheuseofapublic‐keyand
private‐keypair.Thepublickeyisknowntoeveryoneandtheprivatekeyis
knownonlytothemessagerecipient.
ThecertificatesignaturesmustusetheSHA1algorithmdigest.Thefilesmustbe
PEM‐encoded.