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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Use a temporary self-signed certificate
It can take between two and three weeks to receive a CA-signed digital certificate. To use a digital certificate other than the one provided with IBM Tivoli Monitoring and you have not yet received the CA-signed digital certificate, you can create a self-signed certificate on the portal server. A self-signed digital certificate is not as secure as a CA-signed certificate; this is strictly a temporary measure until the CA-signed certificate arrives.
To create and use a self-signed certificate, complete the following procedure:
Procedure
- Create a CA key database.
- Create the self-signed certificate.
- Export the self-signed certificate.
- Receive the self-signed certificate into the key databases on the portal server.
What to do next
When you receive the CA-signed certificate, you must delete the self-signed certificate.
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Use the GSKit iKeyman utility to work with key databases and certificates