Installing server certificates for secure communication

In the role of administrator of Enterprise Server, you need to install the SSL server certificate so that remote client software and Web users can request it. Installing a certificate entails storing the certificate and key file in a folder accessible to the server software.

Note: Demo CA is only for development and testing purposes. It is not supported or secure for use in production systems.

To install a server certificate:

  1. Connect to ES Admin, for example by typing http://localhost:86 in your Web browser.
  2. Select the enterprise server you want, such as ESDEMO. Stop it if it is started, and then click Edit.
  3. Go to the Listeners page.
  4. Select the HTTPS listener that you want, if you cannot see the one you want, set the Process filter to All, and the click Edit .
  5. If Secure Sockets Layer is not checked, check it and configure this listener as a secure listener.
  6. Enter the full pathnames of your server certificate and private key in the Certificate and Keyfile fields. For example: 
    DemoCA-dir/entities/hostname-dir/srvcert_CertChain.pem
    DemoCA-dir/entities/hostname-dir/svrcert_privkey.pem

    where DemoCA-dir is the absolute path of the directory you specified to Demo CA when creating certificates and keys, and hostname-dir is the directory under entities named for your system.

  7. Click OK.
Parent topic: Configuring Secure Communications for Client Applications