Collection certificate store configuration settings

Use this page to specify the name and the provider for a collection certificate store. A collection certificate store is a collection of nonroot, certificate authority (CA) certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs). This collection of CA certificates and CRLs is used to check the signature of a digitally signed SOAP message.

To view the administrative console panel for the collection certificate store on the cell level, complete the following steps:

1. Click Security > Web services.

2. Under Additional properties, click Collection certificate store.

3. Specify a new collection certificate store by clicking New or click the collection certificate store name to modify its settings.

To view the administrative console panel for the collection certificate store on the server level, complete the following steps:

1. Click Servers > Application servers > servername.

2. Under Security, click Web services: Default bindings for Web services security.

3. Under Additional properties, click Collection certificate store.

4. Specify a new collection certificate store by clicking New or by clicking the collection certificate store name to modify its settings.

To view this administrative console page for the collection certificate store on the application level, complete the following steps:

1. Click Applications > Enterprise applications > appname.

2. Under Related items, click EJB modules or Web modules > URI_name.

3. Under Additional properties, one can access collection certificate stores for the following bindings:

   • For the Request generator, click Web services: Client security bindings. Under Request generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom > Collection certificate store.

   • For the Request consumer, click Web services: Server security bindings. Under Request consumer (receiver) binding, click Edit custom > Collection certificate store.

   • For the Response generator, click Web services: Server security bindings. Under Response generator (sender) binding, click Edit custom > Collection certificate store.

   • For the Response consumer, click Web services: Client security bindings. Under Response consumer (receiver) binding, click Edit custom > Collection certificate store.

4. Under Additional properties, one can access collection certificate stores for the following bindings:

   • For the Request receiver binding click Edit > Collection certificate store.

   • For the Response receiver binding, click Edit > Collection certificate store.

5. Specify a new collection certificate store by clicking New or by clicking the collection certificate store name to modify its settings.

After configuring a collection certificate store, one can select the new configuration under Certificate store on the token generator and token consumer panels. To access these panels, complete the following steps:

1. Click Security > Web services.

2. Under Default generator bindings, click Token generators or under Default consumer bindings, click Token consumers.

3. Click New to create a new token generator or token consumer, or click the name of an existing configuration to make modifications.

After you configure your collection certificate store on this panel, you must click Apply before configuring either the certificate revocation list or an X.509 certificate. The certificate revocation list configuration is not available for v5.x applications through the administrative console. After you configure your certificate revocation list or X.509 certificate, complete the following steps:

1. Click Save, at the top of the administrative console panel, which returns you to the list of the configured collection certificate stores.

2. Click Update runtime to update the Web services security run time with the default binding information, which is found in the ws_security.xml file.

Certificate store name

Name for the certificate store.

The name of the collection certificate store must be unique in the scope. For example, the name must be unique at the server level. The name specified in Certificate store name field is used by other configurations to refer to a pre-defined collection certificate store. For example, the application binding refers to a collection certificate store that is defined on the server level. WAS looks up the collection certificate store based on proximity. For example, if cert1 is defined as the name of the certificate store on the cell and server levels and cert1 is referenced in the application binding, the application server uses the server-level collection certificate store.

Certificate Store Provider

Specifies the provider for the certificate store implementation.

WebSphere Application Server supports the IBMCertPath certificate path provider. If we need to use another certificate path provider, define the provider implementation in the provider list within the java.security file in the Software Development Kit (SDK).

Data type	String
Default	IBMCertPath

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