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Configuring Environments

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Configuring Environments

The Interstage Certificate Environment is an environment in which certificates, private keys, and CRLs are

managed. The Interstage Certificate Environment is configured and updated using commands and

referenced using the Interstage Management Console. This section describes how to configure the

Interstage certificate environment.

The resources of the Interstage Certificate Environment are placed in the following directory:

C:\Interstage\etc\security

/etc/opt/FJSVisscs/security

You can configure the Interstage certificate environment in either of the following two ways, depending on

how you obtain a certificate:

• Using a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)

• Using PKCS#12 data

The following describes the details of these two methods:

Using a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)

To ask VeriSign Inc. or another Certification Authority issuing certificates by means of a CSR to issue a

certificate, or when a private Certification Authority is configured for a small-scale user using CSR,

configure the environment using the following steps:

Create an Interstage certificate environment owner group.

Refer to Setting up Access Permissions in the Interstage Certificate Environment.

2. Configure the Interstage certificate environment.

Refer to Configuring the Interstage Certificate Environment with CSR.

3. Make the settings for use of the certificate.

Refer to Configuring Certificate Settings.