Certificate authority (CA) client configuration collections

Use this page to define and manage certificate authority (CA) clients or view and modify existing CA clients.

This panel allows us to create a certificate authority (CA) client object in the configuration. We can also view and modify existing CA clients. The information in the CA client object can then be used by the runtime to connect to a CA server to request, revoke, or query a certificate. To view this console page, click Security > SSL Configurations and key management. Under Related Items, click Certificate Authority (CA) client configurations.

table describes the CA client configuration buttons.

Button	Resulting action
New	Add a new CA client object that can be referenced by SSL configurations.
Delete	Delete an existing CA client object.

Name

Identifies the unique name of the CA client configuration.

Implementation class

Identifies the name of the module that implements the com.ibm.wsspi.ssl.WSKPIClient interface used to act as a client to a CA.

Management Scope

Identifies the scope where this secure sockets layer (SSL) configuration is visible.

Related tasks

Create a CA client in SSL

Delete a CA client in SSL

View or modifying a CA client in SSL