HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

e. In the State (S) field, enter the name of your state. This field can contain up to 128 characters.
f. In the Country (C) field, enter the name of your country. This field can contain up to two
alphanumeric characters, using the two-letter country codes.
3. After changes are made, click OK. If you click Cancel, you are returned to the Server Certificate
page without creating a new server certificate. A warning appears, reminding you of the effects of
changing the certificate and private key. If you click OK in the warning box to continue, a new 1,024-bit
key-pair and a new self-signed certificate are generated. The old key-pair and certificate are not
retrievable unless a backup was created manually before this process. The new certificate and private
key take effect the next time HP SIM is restarted.
4. Reboot the HP SIM server to ensure the new certificate is properly synchronized with the local System
Management Homepage and any applications or components using the certificate sharing directory.
After creating a new server certificate, reboot the HP SIM server for the HP SIM server certificate to be
synchronized with the HTTP server certificate. Synchronizing the certificates prevents repeated browser
security alerts when browsing to HP Insight Management Agent on the HP SIM server.
Related procedures
• Exporting a Server Certificate
• Importing a server certificate
• Editing a server certificate
• Synchronizing certificates
Related topics
• Server certificates
• Installing OpenSSH
• Managing SSH keys
Editing a server certificate
Edit a server certificate to change fields in an existing certificate. This modification might be required if you
are submitting a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to an external Certificate Authority (CA).
NOTE: On Windows and Linux, this process will also affect the local System Management Homepage
certificate and private key. On HP-UX systems, it will affect the WBEM Services certificate and private key.
NOTE: Valid characters for each of these fields are a through z (lowercase), A through Z (uppercase), 0
through 9, and the following special characters: ‘ ( ) + , - . / : ? space _ and ~. Each field must contain at
least one non-white space character.
To edit a server certificate:
1. Select Options→Security→Certificates→Server Cer tificates, and then click Edit. The Edit Server
Certificate section appears.
2. Edit the following fields as necessary:
Note: The Common Name (CN) field and the key pair cannot be modified, so the trust relationships
with any System Management Homepages remain in tact. However, the browser trust must be
reestablished by importing the modified certificate and deleting the old certificate from the browser.
a. In the Organization (O) field, enter the name of your organization. This field can contain up to
64 characters.
b. In the Organizational Unit (OU) field, enter the name of your department. This field can contain
up to 64 characters.
c. In the Locality (L) field, enter the name of your city. This field can contain up to 128 characters.
d. In the State (S) field, enter the name of your state. This field can contain up to 128 characters.
e. In the Country (C) field, enter the name of your country. This field can contain up to two
alphanumeric characters, using the two-letter country codes.
3. Click OK. A warning message appears, indicating that the certificate is about to be modified. You can
click Cancel to abort the modify operation.
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