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MAS administration and security
Nortel Media Application Server 6.0 for AS 5300
Fundamentals
NN44470-100 01.01 Standard
Release 6.0 03 June 2008
Copyright © 2008, Nortel Networks
To create and install a valid certificate, you must do the following:
• Generate a public and private key pair.
• Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
• Send CSR to CA to request the certificate.
• Transfer CA-signed certificate to the MAS using SFTP.
• Install the certificate using the MAS Console.
A certificate may also be revoked by the CA. A Certificate Revocation List
(CRL) must be obtained from the CA and installed on the server. When a new
CRL is available from the CA, the previously installed CRL on the server is
replaced.
• The CRL is obtained from the CA using a secure method.
• The CRL is installed in a designated location on the server.
Service and configuration data backup
The following sections define configuration data and application data.
Configuration data
Configuration data is the system configuration data that includes all the
configuration parameters. You can use the Nortel MAS Console to view the
configuration parameters.
Service data
Application data is the user data that resides on disk in the managed storage
area of the Content Store.
Automatic and manual backups
This section explains the backup and restore capabilities on the MAS
platform. To back up and restore configuration and service data, you can use
the Nortel MAS Console.
You can use the automatic backup task menu to create regularly scheduled
backups to run, for example, daily, weekly, and biweekly. You can configure the
local destination directory using the properties panel. In the automatic backup
task menu, you can transfer the archive to a remote server through the File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). You can use the properties panel to access the FTP
host, user name, password, destination path, and the option to delete the local
file after transfer.
The following sections explain backup and restore functions for configuration
data and service data.