Where WebSphere MQ certificate stores are located

 

This section gives details on where we can find the WebSphere MQ certificate stores installed on your systems.

In WebSphere MQ V5.3 for Windows, certificates are held in a WebSphere MQ Certificate Store and are stored in a (store) file that has the suffix .sto.

The pathname for each of the WebSphere MQ certificate stores can be found by looking in the following attributes and variables:

• for WebSphere MQ queue managers, this is the value of the SSLKEYR attribute

• for WebSphere MQ clients, this is the value of the MQSSLKEYR environment variable

• for applications using MQCONNX calls, this is the value of the KeyRepository field in the MQSCO structure

The store file usually contains the following:

• The certificate assigned to the queue manager or client

• The chain of certification authority certificates

• Any other certificates that were loaded by default

• Any other personal or certification authority certificates.

 

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Step 1: Ensuring WebSphere MQ certificate stores contain complete certificate chains

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