To Install a Root Certificate and a Server Certificate on Directory Server 2

Before You Begin

You should already have a root certificate from the CA of your choice. Send any server certificate requests to the same CA. For more information, see 3.3 Obtaining Secure Socket Layer Certificates.

1. Log in to the ds–2 host machine as a root user.

2. Generate a request for a server certificate signed by a CA.

   # cd /var/opt/mps/serverroot/ds6/bin # ./dsadm request-cert -S "CN=ds-2.example.com, OU=OpenSSO Enterprise, O=Sun Microsystems, L=Santa Clara ST=California, C=US" -F ascii -o ds-2.csr /var/opt/mps/am-users

   ds-2.csr is the certificate request.

3. Send ds-2.csr to the CA of your choice.

   The CA issues and returns a certified server certificate named ds-2.cer.

4. Add ds-2.cer, the CA-signed server certificate, to the certificate store.

   # ./dsadm add-cert /var/opt/mps/am-users ds-2 ds-2.cer

5. (Optional) Verify that the certificate was successfully added.

   # ./dsadm list-certs /var/opt/mps/am-users

   A list of certificates for the am-users instance is displayed including the defaultCert and ds-2.

6. Add ca.cer, the root certificate, to the certificate store.

   # ./dsadm add-cert --ca /var/opt/mps/am-users CA-cert ca.cer

7. (Optional) Verify that the root certificate was successfully added.

   # ./dsadm list-certs -C /var/opt/mps/am-users | grep CA-cert CA-cert 2007/09/20 11:41 2010/06/17 11:41 n E=nobody@nowhere.com,CN=openssltestca,OU=am, O=sun,L=santa clara,ST=california,C=us Same as issuer

8. Configure the Directory Server instance to use the imported certificates.

   # ./dsconf set-server-prop -h ds-2.example.com -p 1489 ssl-rsa-cert-name:ds-2 Enter "cn=Directory Manager" password: dsmanager Before setting SSL configuration, export Directory Server data. Do you want to continue [y/n] ? y Directory Server must be restarted for changes to take effect.

9. Restart the Directory Server instance.

   # ./dsadm stop /var/opt/mps/am-users # ./dsadm start /var/opt/mps/am-users Server started: pid=5472

10. Run ldapsearch on Directory Server 2 to verify that the directory entries can be accessed through the secure port.

    # cd /var/opt/mps/serverroot/dsrk6/bin # ./ldapsearch -h ds-2.example.com -p 1736 -Z -P /var/opt/mps/am-users/alias slapd-cert8.db -b "" -s base "(objectclass=*)" version: 1 dn: objectClass:top namingContexts: dc=company,dc=com supportedExtension: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.5.7 : supportedSSLCiphers: SSL-CK_RC4_128_EXPORT40_WITH_MD5 supportedSSLCiphers: SSL-CK_RC2_128_CBC_EXPORT40_WITH_MD5

    This confirms that the Directory Server instance can be accessed through the secure port.

11. Log out of the ds–2 host machine.