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
From your browser,
go to your Web page for CA and download the certificate chain.
Important
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.
The certificate authority
processes your request and issues a trusted certificate (or certificate
chain) for you to download.
Download the entire
certificate to the AE Services administrative workstation, and save it with a unique
name (for example, C:\temp\aetrucert.cer).
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)
Note
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.