Prerequisite software for using SSL

 

This section describes the prerequisites for using SSL, minimum supported software levels are given. Later levels, if any, are supported unless otherwise stated. These prerequisites apply to both client and server installations of WebSphere MQ.

 

Installing the g++ version runtime support

If you intend to run SSL channels then have the g++ version 3.2 runtime libraries installed. The GNU g++ libraries are called libgcc_s.so and libstdc++.so.5 and, on a Red Hat system with libgcc and libstdc++5 RPMs installed, are found in the directory /usr/lib.

If you have a distribution that does not install libgcc_s.so and libstdc++.so.5 into /usr/lib, then you will have to do one of the following:

• Locate and install the packages from your distribution vendor that contain these libraries.

• Install the GNU gcc and g++ compilers from another location, for example the home page for the GNU compiler collection at URL:.

  http://gcc.gnu.org/

  Ensure that the libraries listed above are included in /usr/lib after installation.

 

IBM Global Security Kit V7

If you want to use the SSL support, we need IBM Global Security Kit V7. This is supplied with WebSphere MQ as one of the components available for installation. If you are migrating from WebSphere MQ V5.3 and have no other requirement for the IBM Global Security Kit V6, we can uninstall it using the process described in Installing a WebSphere MQ server, the package name is gskbas-6.0-n.nn.<arch>.rpm.

 

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