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Obtaining a trusted certificate for the AE Services server

About this task

This information is for general reference only. Follow the instructions on your CA Web site.

Procedure

  1. From your browser, go to your Web page for CA and download the certificate chain.
    importantImportant

    You must import the entire certificate chain all the way back to the root certificate.

    • The trusted certificate or certificate chain must be in text format (PEM or Base-64). If you are importing a certificate chain, it must be a text-based PKCS#7 file. Think of a PKCS#7 file as an envelope containing all trusted certificates.

    • It is acceptable to import certificates in the chain individually if they are not available in PKCS#7 format, but all certificates must be in the trusted certificates store.

  2. The certificate authority processes your request and issues a trusted certificate (or certificate chain) for you to download.
  3. Download the entire certificate to the AE Services administrative workstation, and save it with a unique name (for example, C:\temp\aetrucert.cer).
  4. Using a text editor, verify the header and trailer of the trusted certificate file.
    • The header and trailer for a PEM or Base 64 file are as follows:

      ----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- (header)

      -----END CERTIFICATE----- (trailer)

    • The header and trailer for a PKCS#7 file are as follows:

      -----BEGIN PKCS7 ----- (header)

      -----END PKCS7----- (trailer)

      noteNote

      The header and trailer in the imported certificate file must read as follows before you import the contents of the file into the AE Services Management Console.

      -----BEGIN PKCS7-----

      -----END PKCS7-----

      or

      ----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

      -----END CERTIFICATE-----

    If the header and trailer of your PKCS#7 file do not match either of these two forms, you must edit the header and trailer before you import the file into the AE Services Management Console.

Next Steps

Continue with the following procedures: