SECURING


Creating a self-certified certificate to test SSL certification

You can create a self-certified certificate to test the certificate procedure at your organization. Because this certificate is not certified by a CA, use it only for testing purposes.

Procedure

1. From the HCL Notes® client, open the Server Certificate Admin application, and then click Create Key Rings & Certificates.

2. Click Create Key Ring with Self-Certified Certificate.

3. Complete these fields, and then click Create Key Ring with Self-Certified Certificate:


4. Copy the key ring file and stash (.STH) file to the HCL Domino® data directory of the server.

5. Configure the port for SSL.

6. Set up database access.

Parent topic: SSL security

Related tasks
Configuring a port for SSL
Configuring a database ACL
Setting up SSL on a Domino server