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Importing a server certificate – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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Related procedures

Creating a server certificate

Exporting a Server Certificate

Importing a server certificate

Synchronizing certificates

Related topics

Server certificates

Networking and security

Installing OpenSSH

Managing SSH keys

Importing a server certificate

Import a

Certificate Authority

(CA)-signed server certificate to replace the existing server

certificate

in the

following situations:

You have installed HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and want to replace the default

self-signed

certificate

with a certificate created by a third-party CA or your own internal CA.

The integrity of the HP SIM server certificate

private key

is compromised.

The existing HP SIM server certificate has expired.

CAUTION:

Replacing the

SSL

server certificate and private key invalidates the existing server certificate

wherever it might be imported, such as browsers and the Trusted Management Servers Lists of managed
systems. Replace the previous server certificate with the new server certificate, in accordance with your
security practices, to return to the same level of functionality you had before.

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.

To import a server certificate:

1.

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). See

“Creating a certificate signing request”

. The CSR uses

parameters from the existing certificate. If you want to change those parameters, edit the server certificate
(see

“Editing a server certificate”

) or create a new server certificate (see

“Creating a server certificate”

).

2.

Submit the request to a CA. See

“Submitting a certificate signing request”

for more information. The

CA returns a signed certificate.

3.

Import the signed certificate reply into HP SIM. See

“Importing a CA-signed certificate”

for more

information.

Related procedures

Creating a server certificate

Exporting a Server Certificate

Editing a server certificate

Synchronizing certificates

Creating a certificate signing request

Importing a CA-signed certificate

Submitting a certificate signing request

Related topics

Server certificates

Networking and security

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