Exporting a certificate from a key repository

 

Perform the following steps on the machine from which you want to export the certificate:

  1. Access the DCM interface, as described in Accessing DCM.

  2. In the navigation panel, click Select a Certificate Store. The Select a Certificate Store page displays in the task frame.

  3. Select the Other System Certificate Store check box and click Continue. The Certificate Store and Password page displays.

  4. In the Certificate store path and filename field, type the IFS path and filename you set when Creating a new certificate store.

  5. Type a password in the Certificate Store Password field. Click Continue. The Current Certificate Store page displays in the task frame.

  6. In the Manage Certificates task category in the navigation panel, click Export Certificate. The Export a Certificate page displays in the task frame.

  7. Select the radio button for your certificate type and click Continue. Either the Export Server or Client Certificate page or the Export Certificate Authority (CA) Certificate page displays in the task frame.

  8. Select the certificate you want to export.

  9. Select the radio button to specify whether you want to export the certificate to a file or directly into another certificate store.

  10. If you selected to export a server or client certificate to a file, you provide the following information:

    • The path and file name of the location where you want to store the exported certificate.

    • For a personal certificate, the password that is used to encrypt the exported certificate and the target release. The target release specifies the minimum level of i5/OS to which the certificate can be exported. For CA certificates, you do not need to specify the password.

      If you selected to export a certificate directly into another certificate store, specify the target certificate store and its password. Click Continue.

 

Parent topic:

Transferring certificates


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