Personal certificates collection

Personal certificates collection

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Security | SSL certificate and key management | Manage endpoint security configurations | {Inbound | Outbound} | ssl_configuration | Related items | Key stores and certificates | key store | Additional Properties | Personal certificates

The Personal certificates page lists all Personal certificates in the selected key store. You can do most certificate management operations in this panel, including creating a new self-signed certificate, deleting a certificate, receiving one generated from a CA, replacing a certificate (simultaneous delete and create, replacing references across all key stores), extracting the signer, and importing or exporting a personal certificate.
Personal certificate requests are temporary place holders for certificates that will be signed by a certificate authority (CA).
The Key store collection must contain at least two key store files. You must select one file in order to replace, extract, or export a key store,

Button Resulting action

Create a self-signed certificate Enables the appserver to create a new self-signed certificate.
Delete
Specifies to delete a certificate from the key store. Be careful that the certificate alias is not referenced elsewhere in the Secure Sockets Layer configuration.
Receive a certificate from a certificate authority Enables the appserver to receive a certificate authority (CA)-generated certificate from a file to complete a certificate request.
Replace
Replaces a self-signed certificate with another self-signed certificate that contains the same information, but with a new expiration period. The signer from the old certificate that is contained in any managed key store in the cell is replaced by the signer from the new certificate.
Extract Extracts a certificate from the key store that will be added to another key store as a trusted certificate (signer).
Import Imports a certificate, including the private key, from a key store file.
Export Exports a certificate, including the private key, to a specified key store file.

Alias

Specify the alias by which the personal certificate is referenced in the key store.
When you select an alias, the View Certificate panel opens.

Issued by

Specify the distinguished name of the entity by which the certificate was issued. This name is the same as the issued-to distinguished name when the personal certificate is self-signed.

Issued to

Specify the distinguished name of the entity to which the certificate was issued.

Serial number

Specify the certificate serial number that is generated by the issuer of the certificate.

Expiration

Specify the expiration date of the signer certificate for validation purposes.

Related tasks

Creating a Secure Sockets Layer configuration

Related Reference
Key stores and certificates collection

Button	Resulting action
Create a self-signed certificate	Enables the appserver to create a new self-signed certificate.
Delete	Specifies to delete a certificate from the key store. Be careful that the certificate alias is not referenced elsewhere in the Secure Sockets Layer configuration.
Receive a certificate from a certificate authority	Enables the appserver to receive a certificate authority (CA)-generated certificate from a file to complete a certificate request.
Replace	Replaces a self-signed certificate with another self-signed certificate that contains the same information, but with a new expiration period. The signer from the old certificate that is contained in any managed key store in the cell is replaced by the signer from the new certificate.
Extract	Extracts a certificate from the key store that will be added to another key store as a trusted certificate (signer).
Import	Imports a certificate, including the private key, from a key store file.
Export	Exports a certificate, including the private key, to a specified key store file.