Extracting the certificate from the keystore
When using strict certificate verification, the certificate needs to be extracted from the keystore before being uploaded to the BigFix® Remote Control server.
About this task
Procedure
- Open a command prompt window.
- Navigate to the BigFix® Remote Control installation directory if you have a remote control server installed with embedded components or the WAS installation directory if you have installed a stand alone remote control server.
- Change to the bin directory.
- Run the ikeyman file relevant to your
operating system.
- Windows systems
- ikeyman.bat
- Linux systems
- ikeyman.sh
- Select
- Select PKCS12 for Key database type.
- Click Browse, navigate to and select the required .p12 file.
- Click Open then OK.
- Enter the password for the file and click OK.
- For Key database content select Personal Certificates.
- Select the required certificate.
- Click Extract Certificate.
- Use the default Data type Base64-encoded ASCII data.
- Enter a file name and location for saving the certificate file to.
- Click OK.