Requesting a server certificate
To apply for a server certificate, use the DCM tool as follows:
- Access the DCM interface, as described in Accessing DCM.
- In the navigation panel, click Select a Certificate Store. The Select a Certificate Store page displays in the task frame.
- Select the Other System Certificate Store check
box and click Continue. The Certificate Store and Password
page displays.
- In the Certificate store path and filename field,
type the IFS path and filename you set when Creating a new certificate store.
- Type a password in the Certificate Store Password field.
Click Continue. The Current Certificate
Store page displays in the task frame.
- In the navigation panel, click Create Certificate.
- In the task frame, select the Server or client certificate radio button and click Continue. The Select a
Certificate Authority (CA) page displays in the task frame.
- If you have a local CA on your machine you choose either the local CA
or a commercial CA to sign the certificate. Select the radio button for the
CA you want and click Continue. The Create a Certificate
page displays in the task frame.
- In the Certificate label field, type ibmwebspheremq followed by the name of your queue manager folded to lower case. For
example, for QM1, ibmwebspheremqqm1
- Type a Common Name and Organization, and select a Country. For the remaining optional
fields, type the values you require.
- If you selected a commercial CA to sign your certificate, DCM creates
a certificate request in PEM (Privacy-Enhanced Mail) format. Forward
the request to your chosen CA.
If you selected the local CA to sign your
certificate, DCM informs you that the certificate has been created in the
certificate store and can be used.