IBM Domino Administrator 9.0.1 Social Edition Help

SECURING

Merging a server certificate into the key ring file
After you merge the CA's certificate as a trusted root and the CA approves your server certificate request, merge the signed certificate into the server's key ring file.

From a Domino CA

About this task

This procedure is the same regardless of whether you are requesting a server certificate from a DominoŽ server-based certification authority or a Domino 5 certificate authority.

Procedure

1. Make sure the CA signed the certificate and you mapped a drive to the directory that contains the server key ring file.

2. Obtain the server certificate by doing one of the following:

If the CA gave you the URL to use to pick up the certificate in the Domino Certificate Authority database, browse to the URL provided in the email.
Obtain the pickup ID from the CA, and then do the following:

3. Highlight the certificate text and copy it to the system Clipboard (include the Begin Certificate and End Certificate lines).

4. From the Domino Administrator, open the Server Certificate Admin application.

5. Click Install Certificate into Key Ring.

6. Enter the file name for the key ring that will store this certificate. You specified this key ring file when you created the server certificate request.

7. In the Certificate Source field, choose Clipboard. Paste the Clipboard contents into the next field.

8. Click Merge Certificate into Key Ring.

9. Enter the password for the key ring file, and then click OK to approve the merge.

What to do next

Complete the task Configuring a port for SSL

From a third-party CA

Procedure

1. Make sure the CA signed the certificate and you mapped a drive to the directory that contains the server key ring file.

2. Use the instructions provided by the CA to pick up the certificate. In most cases, the CA mails the certificate as a file attachment or gives you a URL to visit to copy and paste the certificate to the Clipboard.

3. From the Domino Administrator, open the Server Certificate Admin application.

4. Click Install Certificate into Key Ring.

5. Enter the file name for the key ring that will store this certificate. You created this key ring file when you created the server certificate request.

6. Do one of the following:

If you copied the certificate to the Clipboard, choose Clipboard in the Certificate Source field. Paste the Clipboard contents into the next field.
If you received a file attachment that contains the certificate, detach the file to your hard drive, and then choose File in the Certificate Source field. Enter the file name in the File name field.

7. Click Merge Certificate into Key Ring.

8. Enter the password for the server key ring file, and then click OK to approve the merge.

What to do next

Complete the task Configuring a port for SSL

Related concepts
Signing server certificates

Related tasks
Setting up SSL on a Domino server

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