The IBM® Sametime® Community Server
supports three types of certificate stores: PKCS#12, CMS (KDB), and
JKS. PKCS#12 is the recommended certificate store type.
About this task
Use the IBM iKeyMan utility to create a certificate store
on the IBM Sametime Community Server.
Create the certificate store by completing the following steps.
Procedure
- Start the IBM IKeyMan
utility. See the topic Using iKeyMan to manage certificates for TLS.
- From the iKeyMan utility's menu, click .
- In the New dialog box, complete these fields and click OK:
Table 1. Key database fields and descriptions
Field |
Description |
Key database type |
Choose PKCS12, CMS, or JKS. PKCS12 is the recommended
type. |
File name |
Assign any file name you choose. |
Location |
Enter the full path of the new certificate store
file. |
- In the Password dialog box, complete these fields and click OK:
Table 2. Password fields and descriptions
Field |
Description |
Password |
Enter the password you will use for accessing
this certificate store. |
Confirm password |
Confirm the password by typing it again. |
Results
The certificate store is created.